diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java
index fb0ca76aa90..0c18a33ca03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarFile.java
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ private TarArchiveEntry getNextTarEntry() throws IOException {
 
         if (currEntry != null) {
             // Skip to the end of the entry
-            repositionForwardTo(currEntry.getDataOffset() + currEntry.getSize());
+            repositionForwardTo(currEntry.getDataOffset() + (currEntry.isDirectory() ? 0 : currEntry.getSize()));
             throwExceptionIfPositionIsNotInArchive();
             skipRecordPadding();
         }