diff --git a/bridge-utils-1.4/libbridge/libbridge_init.c b/bridge-utils-1.4/libbridge/libbridge_init.c
index a7473bd..8b1a59b 100644
--- a/bridge-utils-1.4/libbridge/libbridge_init.c
+++ b/bridge-utils-1.4/libbridge/libbridge_init.c
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ static int isbridge(const struct dirent *entry)
 	char path[SYSFS_PATH_MAX];
 	struct stat st;
 
+	/* See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=431860 */
+	if(entry->d_name[0] == '.')
+		return 0;
+	
 	snprintf(path, SYSFS_PATH_MAX, SYSFS_CLASS_NET "%s/bridge", entry->d_name);
 	return stat(path, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);
 }