diff --git a/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c b/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
index 6b55329da7a..174141a5dea 100644
--- a/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
+++ b/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ zfs_readdir(vnode_t *vp, zfs_uio_t *uio, cred_t *cr, int *eofp,
 	objset_t	*os;
 	caddr_t		outbuf;
 	size_t		bufsize;
+	ssize_t		orig_resid;
 	zap_cursor_t	zc;
 	zap_attribute_t	*zap;
 	uint_t		bytes_wanted;
@@ -1743,6 +1744,7 @@ zfs_readdir(vnode_t *vp, zfs_uio_t *uio, cred_t *cr, int *eofp,
 	error = 0;
 	os = zfsvfs->z_os;
 	offset = zfs_uio_offset(uio);
+	orig_resid = zfs_uio_resid(uio);
 	prefetch = zp->z_zn_prefetch;
 	zap = zap_attribute_long_alloc();
 
@@ -1922,7 +1924,7 @@ zfs_readdir(vnode_t *vp, zfs_uio_t *uio, cred_t *cr, int *eofp,
 		kmem_free(outbuf, bufsize);
 
 	if (error == ENOENT)
-		error = 0;
+		error = orig_resid == zfs_uio_resid(uio) ? EINVAL : 0;
 
 	ZFS_ACCESSTIME_STAMP(zfsvfs, zp);