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);
 }