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) ||
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) ||