diff --git a/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/pipe/plugin.cc b/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/pipe/plugin.cc
index bf880f53a..310198486 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/pipe/plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/lib/vfs/pipe/plugin.cc
@@ -496,8 +496,7 @@ class Vfs_pipe::File_system : public Vfs::File_system
 		Rename_result rename(const char*, const char*) override {
 			return RENAME_ERR_NO_ENTRY; }
 
-		file_size num_dirent(char const *) override {
-			return ~0UL; }
+		file_size num_dirent(char const *) override { return 0; }
 
 		bool directory(char const *cpath) override
 		{