diff --git a/libbridge/libbridge_init.c b/libbridge/libbridge_init.c

index a7473bd..d093bb1 100644

--- a/libbridge/libbridge_init.c

+++ b/libbridge/libbridge_init.c

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ static int isbridge(const struct dirent *entry)

 	char path[SYSFS_PATH_MAX];

 	struct stat st;

+	/* Ignore "." and ".." entries. */

+	if (entry->d_name[0] == '.' &&

+	    (entry->d_name[1] == 0 ||

+	     (entry->d_name[1] == '.' && entry->d_name[2] == 0)))

+		return 0;

+

 	snprintf(path, SYSFS_PATH_MAX, SYSFS_CLASS_NET "%s/bridge", entry->d_name);

 	return stat(path, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);

 }