diff --git a/src/LibHac/Fs/FileSystemClientUtils.cs b/src/LibHac/Fs/FileSystemClientUtils.cs
index 0165f354..3a26c0df 100644
--- a/src/LibHac/Fs/FileSystemClientUtils.cs
+++ b/src/LibHac/Fs/FileSystemClientUtils.cs
@@ -111,13 +111,14 @@ namespace LibHac.Fs
             bool ignoreCase = searchOptions.HasFlag(SearchOptions.CaseInsensitive);
             bool recurse = searchOptions.HasFlag(SearchOptions.RecurseSubdirectories);
 
-            DirectoryEntry dirEntry = default;
             fs.OpenDirectory(out DirectoryHandle sourceHandle, path, OpenDirectoryMode.All).ThrowIfFailure();
 
             using (sourceHandle)
             {
                 while (true)
                 {
+                    DirectoryEntry dirEntry = default;
+
                     fs.ReadDirectory(out long entriesRead, SpanHelpers.AsSpan(ref dirEntry), sourceHandle);
                     if (entriesRead == 0) break;
 
diff --git a/src/LibHac/FsSystem/FileSystemExtensions.cs b/src/LibHac/FsSystem/FileSystemExtensions.cs
index d640b39b..5b0471a5 100644
--- a/src/LibHac/FsSystem/FileSystemExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/LibHac/FsSystem/FileSystemExtensions.cs
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ namespace LibHac.FsSystem
             bool recurse = searchOptions.HasFlag(SearchOptions.RecurseSubdirectories);
 
             IFileSystem fs = fileSystem;
-            DirectoryEntry dirEntry = default;
 
             fileSystem.OpenDirectory(out IDirectory directory, path, OpenDirectoryMode.All).ThrowIfFailure();
 
             while (true)
             {
+                DirectoryEntry dirEntry = default;
+
                 directory.Read(out long entriesRead, SpanHelpers.AsSpan(ref dirEntry)).ThrowIfFailure();
                 if (entriesRead == 0) break;