diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index f84698bfcc..936e4e9349 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -3642,6 +3642,10 @@ static void coroutine_fn v9fs_wstat(void *opaque)
             err = -ENOENT;
             goto out;
         }
+        if (!strcmp(".", v9stat.name.data) || !strcmp("..", v9stat.name.data)) {
+            err = -EISDIR;
+            goto out;
+        }
 
         v9fs_path_write_lock(s);
         err = v9fs_complete_rename(pdu, fidp, -1, &v9stat.name);