diff --git a/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_12.c b/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_12.c
index 15f2de142227..11b4d5500f16 100644
--- a/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_12.c
+++ b/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_12.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_12.c,v 1.33 2017/01/13 22:29:59 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_12.c,v 1.34 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_12.c,v 1.33 2017/01/13 22:29:59 christos Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_12.c,v 1.34 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic(__func__);
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
diff --git a/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_43.c b/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_43.c
index cafde5ff555d..3e287ab9a498 100644
--- a/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_43.c
+++ b/sys/compat/common/vfs_syscalls_43.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_43.c,v 1.59 2017/01/13 20:25:35 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_43.c,v 1.60 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_43.c,v 1.59 2017/01/13 20:25:35 christos Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: vfs_syscalls_43.c,v 1.60 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #if defined(_KERNEL_OPT)
 #include "opt_compat_netbsd.h"
@@ -451,8 +451,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic(__func__);
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
diff --git a/sys/compat/ibcs2/ibcs2_misc.c b/sys/compat/ibcs2/ibcs2_misc.c
index 65e15d6815e9..df5568cd6b8f 100644
--- a/sys/compat/ibcs2/ibcs2_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/ibcs2/ibcs2_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: ibcs2_misc.c,v 1.113 2014/09/05 09:21:54 matt Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: ibcs2_misc.c,v 1.114 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: ibcs2_misc.c,v 1.113 2014/09/05 09:21:54 matt Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: ibcs2_misc.c,v 1.114 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -427,8 +427,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("ibcs2_getdents: bad reclen");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (cookie && (*cookie >> 32) != 0) {
 			compat_offseterr(vp, "ibcs2_getdents");
 			error = EINVAL;
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_file64.c b/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_file64.c
index e54db931de45..5247672b2387 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_file64.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_file64.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: linux_file64.c,v 1.58 2017/01/28 15:01:01 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: linux_file64.c,v 1.59 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1995, 1998, 2000, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: linux_file64.c,v 1.58 2017/01/28 15:01:01 christos Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: linux_file64.c,v 1.59 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("linux_readdir");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_misc.c b/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_misc.c
index 6490e8990401..071a7cda6e1f 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/common/linux_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: linux_misc.c,v 1.238 2017/05/06 21:34:51 joerg Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: linux_misc.c,v 1.239 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1995, 1998, 1999, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: linux_misc.c,v 1.238 2017/05/06 21:34:51 joerg Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: linux_misc.c,v 1.239 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -748,8 +748,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("linux_readdir");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux32/common/linux32_dirent.c b/sys/compat/linux32/common/linux32_dirent.c
index faf7f42e4a1c..2aa9017530be 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux32/common/linux32_dirent.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux32/common/linux32_dirent.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: linux32_dirent.c,v 1.17 2017/01/28 21:54:57 christos Exp $ */
+/*	$NetBSD: linux32_dirent.c,v 1.18 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $ */
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Emmanuel Dreyfus, all rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: linux32_dirent.c,v 1.17 2017/01/28 21:54:57 christos Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: linux32_dirent.c,v 1.18 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -178,8 +178,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("linux32_readdir");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
diff --git a/sys/compat/osf1/osf1_file.c b/sys/compat/osf1/osf1_file.c
index 6dd941a1ea97..f978af4dcf2d 100644
--- a/sys/compat/osf1/osf1_file.c
+++ b/sys/compat/osf1/osf1_file.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: osf1_file.c,v 1.43 2014/09/05 09:21:54 matt Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: osf1_file.c,v 1.44 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1999 Christopher G. Demetriou.  All rights reserved.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: osf1_file.c,v 1.43 2014/09/05 09:21:54 matt Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: osf1_file.c,v 1.44 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #if defined(_KERNEL_OPT)
 #include "opt_syscall_debug.h"
@@ -201,8 +201,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("osf1_sys_getdirentries: bad reclen");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (cookie)
 			off = *cookie++; /* each entry points to the next */
 		else
diff --git a/sys/compat/sunos/sunos_misc.c b/sys/compat/sunos/sunos_misc.c
index 07363e0c5465..e23d5dd12d8d 100644
--- a/sys/compat/sunos/sunos_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/sunos/sunos_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: sunos_misc.c,v 1.170 2015/10/23 19:40:11 maxv Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: sunos_misc.c,v 1.171 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: sunos_misc.c,v 1.170 2015/10/23 19:40:11 maxv Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: sunos_misc.c,v 1.171 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -414,8 +414,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("sunos_getdents");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if ((*cookie >> 32) != 0) {
 			compat_offseterr(vp, "sunos_getdents");
 			error = EINVAL;
diff --git a/sys/compat/sunos32/sunos32_misc.c b/sys/compat/sunos32/sunos32_misc.c
index 88eb58c5d9c1..9eb56caa5bff 100644
--- a/sys/compat/sunos32/sunos32_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/sunos32/sunos32_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: sunos32_misc.c,v 1.77 2016/02/28 23:24:35 khorben Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: sunos32_misc.c,v 1.78 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $	*/
 /* from :NetBSD: sunos_misc.c,v 1.107 2000/12/01 19:25:10 jdolecek Exp	*/
 
 /*
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: sunos32_misc.c,v 1.77 2016/02/28 23:24:35 khorben Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: sunos32_misc.c,v 1.78 2017/07/28 15:34:06 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #define COMPAT_SUNOS 1
 
@@ -659,8 +659,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("sunos_getdents");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (cookie && (*cookie >> 32) != 0) {
 			compat_offseterr(vp, "sunos_getdents");
 			error = EINVAL;
diff --git a/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c b/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c
index 3e0335be3467..d1a315787b44 100644
--- a/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: svr4_misc.c,v 1.157 2016/11/10 17:00:51 christos Exp $	 */
+/*	$NetBSD: svr4_misc.c,v 1.158 2017/07/28 15:34:07 riastradh Exp $	 */
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1994, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: svr4_misc.c,v 1.157 2016/11/10 17:00:51 christos Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: svr4_misc.c,v 1.158 2017/07/28 15:34:07 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -264,8 +264,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("svr4_getdents64: bad reclen");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
@@ -388,8 +390,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("svr4_getdents: bad reclen");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (cookie)
 			off = *cookie++; /* each entry points to the next */
 		else
diff --git a/sys/compat/svr4_32/svr4_32_misc.c b/sys/compat/svr4_32/svr4_32_misc.c
index 551631b31d31..a33caf054278 100644
--- a/sys/compat/svr4_32/svr4_32_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/svr4_32/svr4_32_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: svr4_32_misc.c,v 1.77 2016/11/10 17:00:51 christos Exp $	 */
+/*	$NetBSD: svr4_32_misc.c,v 1.78 2017/07/28 15:34:07 riastradh Exp $	 */
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1994, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: svr4_32_misc.c,v 1.77 2016/11/10 17:00:51 christos Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: svr4_32_misc.c,v 1.78 2017/07/28 15:34:07 riastradh Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -263,8 +263,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("svr4_32_getdents64: bad reclen");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (bdp->d_fileno == 0) {
 			inp += reclen;	/* it is a hole; squish it out */
 			if (cookie)
diff --git a/sys/rump/kern/lib/libsys_sunos/rump_sunos_compat.c b/sys/rump/kern/lib/libsys_sunos/rump_sunos_compat.c
index c7d7b99c0c86..c48cf3b6fb7e 100644
--- a/sys/rump/kern/lib/libsys_sunos/rump_sunos_compat.c
+++ b/sys/rump/kern/lib/libsys_sunos/rump_sunos_compat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: rump_sunos_compat.c,v 1.1 2013/04/09 13:08:33 pooka Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: rump_sunos_compat.c,v 1.2 2017/07/28 15:34:07 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Antti Kantee.  All Rights Reserved.
@@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ again:
 	for (cookie = cookiebuf; len > 0; len -= reclen) {
 		bdp = (struct dirent *)inp;
 		reclen = bdp->d_reclen;
-		if (reclen & 3)
-			panic("sunos_getdents");
+		if (reclen & 3) {
+			error = EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if ((*cookie >> 32) != 0) {
 			printf("rump_sunos_sys_getdents: offset too large\n");
 			error = EINVAL;