diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 5219182e52e1..2df2e9ee130d 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -474,6 +474,14 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_block(struct afs_vnode *dvnode,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* Don't expose silly rename entries to userspace. */
+		if (nlen > 6 &&
+		    dire->u.name[0] == '.' &&
+		    ctx->actor != afs_lookup_filldir &&
+		    ctx->actor != afs_lookup_one_filldir &&
+		    memcmp(dire->u.name, ".__afs", 6) == 0)
+			continue;
+
 		/* found the next entry */
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, dire->u.name, nlen,
 			      ntohl(dire->u.vnode),