diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/dir.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/dir.c
index 9bbc68729c11..dbf6a151886c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/dir.c
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ static int erofs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx,
 			       void *dentry_blk, unsigned int *ofs,
 			       unsigned int nameoff, unsigned int maxsize)
 {
-	struct erofs_dirent *de = dentry_blk;
+	struct erofs_dirent *de = dentry_blk + *ofs;
 	const struct erofs_dirent *end = dentry_blk + nameoff;
 
-	de = dentry_blk + *ofs;
 	while (de < end) {
 		const char *de_name;
 		unsigned int de_namelen;