diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@
 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
 .It Bq Er EINTEGRITY
 Corrupted data was detected while reading from the file system.
+.It Bq Er ENOENT
+Directory unlinked but still open.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr lseek 2 ,
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -5980,6 +5980,7 @@
 	vn_seqc_write_end(dvp);
 	vn_seqc_write_end(vp);
 	if (!rc) {
+		vp->v_vflag |= VV_UNLINKED;
 		VFS_KNOTE_LOCKED(dvp, NOTE_WRITE | NOTE_LINK);
 		VFS_KNOTE_LOCKED(vp, NOTE_DELETE);
 	}
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
@@ -4195,6 +4195,10 @@
 		error = EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	if (__predict_false((vp->v_vflag & VV_UNLINKED) != 0)) {
+		error = ENOENT;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 	aiov.iov_base = buf;
 	aiov.iov_len = count;
 	auio.uio_iov = &aiov;
diff --git a/sys/sys/vnode.h b/sys/sys/vnode.h
--- a/sys/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/sys/sys/vnode.h
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 #define	VV_COPYONWRITE	0x0040	/* vnode is doing copy-on-write */
 #define	VV_SYSTEM	0x0080	/* vnode being used by kernel */
 #define	VV_PROCDEP	0x0100	/* vnode is process dependent */
-/* UNUSED		0x0200	*/
+#define	VV_UNLINKED	0x0200	/* unlinked but stil open directory */
 #define	VV_DELETED	0x0400	/* should be removed */
 #define	VV_MD		0x0800	/* vnode backs the md device */
 #define	VV_FORCEINSMQ	0x1000	/* force the insmntque to succeed */