diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c72033ee6017b0..021694c0818148 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5170,14 +5170,31 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	}
 
 	/* Reached end of directory/root. Bump pos past the last item. */
-	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY)
-		/*
-		 * 32-bit glibc will use getdents64, but then strtol -
-		 * so the last number we can serve is this.
-		 */
-		ctx->pos = 0x7fffffff;
-	else
-		ctx->pos++;
+	ctx->pos++;
+
+	/*
+	 * Stop new entries from being returned after we return the last
+	 * entry.
+	 *
+	 * New directory entries are assigned a strictly increasing
+	 * offset.  This means that new entries created during readdir
+	 * are *guaranteed* to be seen in the future by that readdir.
+	 * This has broken buggy programs which operate on names as
+	 * they're returned by readdir.  Until we re-use freed offsets
+	 * we have this hack to stop new entries from being returned
+	 * under the assumption that they'll never reach this huge
+	 * offset.
+	 *
+	 * This is being careful not to overflow 32bit loff_t unless the
+	 * last entry requires it because doing so has broken 32bit apps
+	 * in the past.
+	 */
+	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY) {
+		if (ctx->pos >= INT_MAX)
+			ctx->pos = LLONG_MAX;
+		else
+			ctx->pos = INT_MAX;
+	}
 nopos:
 	ret = 0;
 err: