diff --git a/sys/sys/dirent.h b/sys/sys/dirent.h
index fb00f5bfd9c1f..902d0619ed8e9 100644
--- a/sys/sys/dirent.h
+++ b/sys/sys/dirent.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: dirent.h,v 1.28 2011/09/27 01:40:32 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: dirent.h,v 1.29 2015/02/26 02:05:54 dholland Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct dirent {
  * struct dirent
  */
 #if __GNUC_PREREQ__(4, 0)
-#define	_DIRENT_NAMEOFF(dp)	__builtin_offsetof(__typeof__(*dp), d_name)
+#define	_DIRENT_NAMEOFF(dp)	__builtin_offsetof(__typeof__(*(dp)), d_name)
 #else
 #define _DIRENT_NAMEOFF(dp) \
     ((char *)(void *)&(dp)->d_name - (char *)(void *)dp)