diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 15d8c3300dae..ab9fc182fd22 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ int simple_offset_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
  *
  * Caller provides appropriate serialization.
  *
+ * User space expects the directory offset value of the replaced
+ * (new) directory entry to be unchanged after a rename.
+ *
  * Returns zero on success, a negative errno value on failure.
  */
 int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
@@ -372,8 +375,14 @@ int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 {
 	struct offset_ctx *old_ctx = old_dir->i_op->get_offset_ctx(old_dir);
 	struct offset_ctx *new_ctx = new_dir->i_op->get_offset_ctx(new_dir);
+	long new_offset = dentry2offset(new_dentry);
 
 	simple_offset_remove(old_ctx, old_dentry);
+
+	if (new_offset) {
+		offset_set(new_dentry, 0);
+		return simple_offset_replace(new_ctx, old_dentry, new_offset);
+	}
 	return simple_offset_add(new_ctx, old_dentry);
 }