diff --git a/procps/lsof.c b/procps/lsof.c
index 7e0ffa4e5..b0156a538 100644
--- a/procps/lsof.c
+++ b/procps/lsof.c
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ int lsof_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 		d_fd = opendir(name);
 		if (d_fd) {
 			while ((entry = readdir(d_fd)) != NULL) {
-				if (entry->d_type == DT_LNK) {
-					safe_strncpy(name + baseofs, entry->d_name, 10);
-					fdlink = xmalloc_readlink(name);
+				/* Skip entries '.' and '..' (and any hidden file) */
+				if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
+					continue;
+
+				safe_strncpy(name + baseofs, entry->d_name, 10);
+				if ((fdlink = xmalloc_readlink(name)) != NULL) {
 					printf("%d\t%s\t%s\n", proc->pid, proc->exe, fdlink);
 					free(fdlink);
 				}