diff --git a/vfs/fish.c b/vfs/fish.c
index c16a7600a..c256cd158 100644
--- a/vfs/fish.c
+++ b/vfs/fish.c
@@ -456,7 +456,12 @@ fish_dir_load(struct vfs_class *me, struct vfs_s_inode *dir, char *remote_path)
 			  "ADD=1;\n"
 		  "fi\n"
 		  "ls $LSOPT /%s 2>/dev/null | grep '^[^cbt]' | (\n"
-			  "while read p l u g s m d y n; do\n"
+			  "while read p l u g s m d y n n2 n3; do\n"
+				  "if test \"$m\" = \"0\" ; then \n"
+					  "s=$d; m=$y; d=$n y=$n2; n=$n3\n"
+				  "else\n"
+					  "n=$n\" \"$n2\" \"n3\n"
+				  "fi\n"
 				  "if [ $ADD  = 0 ]; then\n"
 					  "echo \"P$p $u.$g\nS$s\nd$m $d $y\n:$n\n\"\n"
 				  "elif `sed --version >/dev/null 2>&1` ; then\n"
@@ -468,7 +473,12 @@ fish_dir_load(struct vfs_class *me, struct vfs_s_inode *dir, char *remote_path)
 				  "fi\n"
 			  "done )\n"
 		  "ls $LSOPT /%s 2>/dev/null | grep '^[cb]' | (\n"
-			  "while read p l u g a i m d y n; do\n"
+			  "while read p l u g a i m d y n n2 n3; do\n"
+				  "if test \"$a\" = \"0\" ; then \n"
+					  "a=$m; i=$d; m=$y; d=$n y=$n2; n=$n3\n"
+				  "else\n"
+					  "n=$n\" \"$n2\" \"n3\n"
+				  "fi\n"
 				  "if [ $ADD = 0 ]; then\n"
 					  "echo \"P$p $u.$g\nE$a$i\nd$m $d $y\n:$n\n\"\n"
 				  "elif `sed --version >/dev/null 2>&1` ; then\n"