diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 568666156ea4..c8bd9c3be7f7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ nfsd_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, loff_t *offsetp,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	offset = vfs_llseek(file, offset, 0);
+	offset = vfs_llseek(file, offset, SEEK_SET);
 	if (offset < 0) {
 		err = nfserrno((int)offset);
 		goto out_close;