diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 37f2d34ee090..189447cf4acf 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ static loff_t offset_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* In this case, ->private_data is protected by f_pos_lock */
+	file->private_data = NULL;
 	return vfs_setpos(file, offset, U32_MAX);
 }
 
@@ -425,7 +427,7 @@ static bool offset_dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx, struct dentry *dentry)
 			  inode->i_ino, fs_umode_to_dtype(inode->i_mode));
 }
 
-static void offset_iterate_dir(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
+static void *offset_iterate_dir(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct offset_ctx *so_ctx = inode->i_op->get_offset_ctx(inode);
 	XA_STATE(xas, &so_ctx->xa, ctx->pos);
@@ -434,7 +436,7 @@ static void offset_iterate_dir(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	while (true) {
 		dentry = offset_find_next(&xas);
 		if (!dentry)
-			break;
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 		if (!offset_dir_emit(ctx, dentry)) {
 			dput(dentry);
@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@ static void offset_iterate_dir(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		dput(dentry);
 		ctx->pos = xas.xa_index + 1;
 	}
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -476,7 +479,12 @@ static int offset_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 		return 0;
 
-	offset_iterate_dir(d_inode(dir), ctx);
+	/* In this case, ->private_data is protected by f_pos_lock */
+	if (ctx->pos == 2)
+		file->private_data = NULL;
+	else if (file->private_data == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
+		return 0;
+	file->private_data = offset_iterate_dir(d_inode(dir), ctx);
 	return 0;
 }