diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
index 0fd3186b..a21800e5 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
@@ -2496,9 +2496,12 @@ fuse_lib_readdir_plus(fuse_req_t            *req_,
 
   size = readdir_buf_size(d,size,arg->offset);
 
-  fuse_reply_buf(req_,
-                 readdir_buf(d,arg->offset),
-                 size);
+  if(size == 0)
+    fuse_reply_buf(req_,NULL,0);
+  else
+    fuse_reply_buf(req_,
+                   readdir_buf(d,arg->offset),
+                   size);
 }
 
 static