1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 692de13e3596..cea8ecf3e76e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -576,11 +576,8 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
                 if (!ext3_check_dir_entry("htree_dirblock_to_tree", dir, de, bh,
                                         (block<<EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(dir->i_sb))
                                                 +((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
-                        /* On error, skip the f_pos to the next block. */
-                        dir_file->f_pos = (dir_file->f_pos |
-                                        (dir->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
-                        brelse (bh);
-                        return count;
+                        /* silently ignore the rest of the block */
+                        break;
                 }
                 ext3fs_dirhash(de->name, de->name_len, hinfo);
                 if ((hinfo->hash < start_hash) ||