diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 672cea16a8b..d093cbbe38b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	struct buffer_head * bh_use[NAMEI_RA_SIZE];
 	struct buffer_head * bh, *ret = NULL;
 	unsigned long start, block, b;
+	const u8 *name = entry->name;
 	int ra_max = 0;		/* Number of bh's in the readahead
 				   buffer, bh_use[] */
 	int ra_ptr = 0;		/* Current index into readahead
@@ -871,6 +872,16 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	namelen = entry->len;
 	if (namelen > EXT3_NAME_LEN)
 		return NULL;
+	if ((namelen <= 2) && (name[0] == '.') &&
+	    (name[1] == '.' || name[1] == 0)) {
+		/*
+		 * "." or ".." will only be in the first block
+		 * NFS may look up ".."; "." should be handled by the VFS
+		 */
+		block = start = 0;
+		nblocks = 1;
+		goto restart;
+	}
 	if (is_dx(dir)) {
 		bh = ext3_dx_find_entry(dir, entry, res_dir, &err);
 		/*
@@ -961,9 +972,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 			struct qstr *entry, struct ext3_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
 			int *err)
 {
-	struct super_block * sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct dx_hash_info	hinfo;
-	u32 hash;
 	struct dx_frame frames[2], *frame;
 	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de, *top;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -972,18 +982,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	int namelen = entry->len;
 	const u8 *name = entry->name;
 
-	sb = dir->i_sb;
-	/* NFS may look up ".." - look at dx_root directory block */
-	if (namelen > 2 || name[0] != '.'|| (namelen == 2 && name[1] != '.')) {
-		if (!(frame = dx_probe(entry, dir, &hinfo, frames, err)))
-			return NULL;
-	} else {
-		frame = frames;
-		frame->bh = NULL;			/* for dx_release() */
-		frame->at = (struct dx_entry *)frames;	/* hack for zero entry*/
-		dx_set_block(frame->at, 0);		/* dx_root block is 0 */
-	}
-	hash = hinfo.hash;
+	if (!(frame = dx_probe(entry, dir, &hinfo, frames, err)))
+		return NULL;
 	do {
 		block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
 		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err)))
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 		}
 		brelse (bh);
 		/* Check to see if we should continue to search */
-		retval = ext3_htree_next_block(dir, hash, frame,
+		retval = ext3_htree_next_block(dir, hinfo.hash, frame,
 					       frames, NULL);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			ext3_warning(sb, __func__,