diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c b/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c
index 56f5c00d0aed..6b5f357ecaf9 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c
@@ -2251,12 +2251,12 @@ nfsrvd_readdir(struct nfsrv_descript *nd, int isdgram,
 			if (nd->nd_flag & ND_NFSV3) {
 				NFSM_BUILD(tl, u_int32_t *, 3 * NFSX_UNSIGNED);
 				*tl++ = newnfs_true;
-				*tl++ = 0;
+				txdr_hyper(dp->d_fileno, tl);
 			} else {
 				NFSM_BUILD(tl, u_int32_t *, 2 * NFSX_UNSIGNED);
 				*tl++ = newnfs_true;
+				*tl = txdr_unsigned(dp->d_fileno);
 			}
-			*tl = txdr_unsigned(dp->d_fileno);
 			(void) nfsm_strtom(nd, dp->d_name, nlen);
 			if (nd->nd_flag & ND_NFSV3) {
 				NFSM_BUILD(tl, u_int32_t *, 2 * NFSX_UNSIGNED);
@@ -2753,8 +2753,7 @@ nfsrvd_readdirplus(struct nfsrv_descript *nd, int isdgram,
 			if (nd->nd_flag & ND_NFSV3) {
 				NFSM_BUILD(tl, u_int32_t *, 3 * NFSX_UNSIGNED);
 				*tl++ = newnfs_true;
-				*tl++ = 0;
-				*tl = txdr_unsigned(dp->d_fileno);
+				txdr_hyper(dp->d_fileno, tl);
 				dirlen += nfsm_strtom(nd, dp->d_name, nlen);
 				NFSM_BUILD(tl, u_int32_t *, 2 * NFSX_UNSIGNED);
 				txdr_hyper(*cookiep, tl);