diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 4da3afc..06a4c51 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -4544,7 +4544,7 @@
     int		ret, link = FALSE;
     varnumber_T	size;
     char_u	permbuf[] = "---------";
-    char_u	*q;
+    char_u	*q = NULL;
     struct passwd *pw;
     struct group  *gr;
 
@@ -4563,6 +4563,9 @@
     {
 	link = TRUE;
 	ret = mch_stat(p, &st);
+	if (ret < 0)
+	    q = (char_u*)"link";
+
     }
     vim_free(p);
 
@@ -4617,7 +4620,7 @@
 	    goto theend;
 	if (dict_add_number(item, "time", -1) == FAIL)
 	    goto theend;
-	if (dict_add_string(item, "type", (char_u*)"") == FAIL)
+	if (dict_add_string(item, "type", q == NULL ? (char_u*)"" : q) == FAIL)
 	    goto theend;
 	if (dict_add_string(item, "perm", (char_u*)"") == FAIL)
 	    goto theend;
@@ -4719,6 +4722,11 @@
 	    ignore = wp[0] == L'.' &&
 		    (wp[1] == NUL ||
 		     (wp[1] == L'.' && wp[2] == NUL));
+	    if (ignore)
+	    {
+		ok = FindNextFileW(hFind, &wfd);
+		continue;
+	    }
 #  ifdef FEAT_EVAL
 	    if (withattr)
 		item = (void*)create_readdirex_item(&wfd);
@@ -4787,6 +4795,8 @@
 	    ignore = p[0] == '.' &&
 		    (p[1] == NUL ||
 		     (p[1] == '.' && p[2] == NUL));
+	    if (ignore)
+		continue;
 #  ifdef FEAT_EVAL
 	    if (withattr)
 		item = (void*)create_readdirex_item(path, p);
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
index d3bf1db..f83264b 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -1912,6 +1912,16 @@
 			  \ ->map({-> v:val.name})
   call sort(files)->assert_equal(['bar.txt', 'dir', 'foo.txt'])
 
+  " report brocken link correctly
+  if has("unix")
+    call writefile([], 'Xdir/abc.txt')
+    call system("ln -s Xdir/abc.txt Xdir/link")
+    call delete('Xdir/abc.txt')
+    let files = readdirex('Xdir', 'readdirex("Xdir", "1") != []')
+			  \ ->map({-> v:val.name .. '_' .. v:val.type})
+    call sort(files)->assert_equal(
+        \ ['bar.txt_file', 'dir_dir', 'foo.txt_file', 'link_link'])
+  endif
   eval 'Xdir'->delete('rf')
 endfunc
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index bce00b3..b0a0669 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    947,
+/**/
     946,
 /**/
     945,