Index: uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/ls/ls.c
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--- uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/ls/ls.c	(revision 3f7fe9e91d327467121a08ebb9f0aca902ff737a)
+++ uspace/app/bdsh/cmds/modules/ls/ls.c	(revision 3e40b4e9235e7e81eea2138e19c5b7ce8fe7ebe7)
@@ -199,5 +199,5 @@
 
 	/* Populate the directory list. */
-	if (ls.recursive) {
+	if (ls.recursive && nbdirs > 0) {
 		tmp = (struct dir_elem_t *) realloc(*dir_list_ptr,
 		    nbdirs * sizeof(struct dir_elem_t));