Index: operations.hpp
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--- operations.hpp	(revision 70689)
+++ operations.hpp	(working copy)
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
         else
         {
           m_stack.push(directory_iterator(m_stack.top()->path(), *ec));
-          if (*ec) return;
+          if (*ec) {++m_level; return;}
         }
         if (m_stack.top() != directory_iterator())
         {
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@
     {
       BOOST_ASSERT(m_imp.get() && "increment() on end recursive_directory_iterator");
       m_imp->increment(&ec);
+       if (m_imp->m_stack.empty())
+        m_imp.reset(); // done, so make end iterator
       return *this;
     }