1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 6653fc35ecb7..ab2f6dc44b3a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -918,11 +918,8 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
                                 bh->b_data, bh->b_size,
                                 (block<<EXT4_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;
                 }
                 ext4fs_dirhash(de->name, de->name_len, hinfo);
                 if ((hinfo->hash < start_hash) ||