diff --git a/grub-core/fs/reiserfs.c b/grub-core/fs/reiserfs.c
index b78166554..39736f63c 100644
--- a/grub-core/fs/reiserfs.c
+++ b/grub-core/fs/reiserfs.c
@@ -783,12 +783,30 @@ grub_reiserfs_iterate_dir (grub_fshelp_node_t item,
 	  struct grub_reiserfs_key entry_key;
 	  enum grub_fshelp_filetype entry_type;
 	  char *entry_name;
+	  char *entry_name_end = 0;
+	  char c;
 	  
           if (!(entry_state & GRUB_REISERFS_VISIBLE_MASK))
 	    continue;
 
 	  entry_name = (((char *) directory_headers)
 			+ grub_le_to_cpu16 (directory_header->location));
+	  if (entry_number == 0)
+	    {
+	      entry_name_end = (char *) block_header
+		+ grub_le_to_cpu16 (item_headers[block_position].item_location)
+		+ grub_le_to_cpu16 (item_headers[block_position].item_size);
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      entry_name_end = (((char *) directory_headers)
+			+ grub_le_to_cpu16 (directory_headers[entry_number - 1].location));
+	    }
+	  if (entry_name_end < entry_name || entry_name_end > (char *) block_header + block_size)
+	    {
+	      entry_name_end = (char *) block_header + block_size;
+	    }
+
 	  entry_key.directory_id = directory_header->directory_id;
 	  entry_key.object_id = directory_header->object_id;
 	  entry_key.u.v2.offset_type = 0;
@@ -935,7 +953,7 @@ grub_reiserfs_iterate_dir (grub_fshelp_node_t item,
 	      else
 		{
 		  /* Pseudo file ".." never has stat block.  */
-		  if (grub_strcmp (entry_name, ".."))
+		  if (entry_name_end == entry_name + 2 && grub_memcmp (entry_name, "..", 2) != 0)
 		    grub_dprintf ("reiserfs",
 				  "Warning : %s has no stat block !\n",
 				  entry_name);
@@ -943,18 +961,21 @@ grub_reiserfs_iterate_dir (grub_fshelp_node_t item,
 		  goto next;
 		}
 	    }
+
+	  c = *entry_name_end;
+	  *entry_name_end = 0;
 	  if (hook (entry_name, entry_type, entry_item, hook_data))
 	    {
+	      *entry_name_end = c;
 	      grub_dprintf ("reiserfs", "Found : %s, type=%d\n",
 			    entry_name, entry_type);
 	      ret = 1;
 	      goto found;
 	    }
+	  *entry_name_end = c;
 
 	next:
-	  *entry_name = 0; /* Make sure next entry name (which is just
-			      before this one in disk order) stops before
-			      the current one.  */
+	  ;
         }
 
       if (next_offset == 0)