diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index babba60a88bf..69a4a63e1d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static struct page *ll_dir_page_locate(struct inode *dir, __u64 *hash,
 	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	found = radix_tree_gang_lookup(&mapping->page_tree,
 				       (void **)&page, offset, 1);
-	if (found > 0) {
+	if (found > 0 && !radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page)) {
 		struct lu_dirpage *dp;
 
 		page_cache_get(page);