diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_dir.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_dir.cc
index 54f135d2baf..c67fe76bc14 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_dir.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++17/fs_dir.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct fs::_Dir : _Dir_base
       path = p;
   }
 
-  _Dir(posix::DIR* dirp, const path& p) : _Dir_base(dirp), path(p) { }
+  _Dir(_Dir_base&& d, const path& p) : _Dir_base(std::move(d)), path(p) { }
 
   _Dir(_Dir&&) = default;
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ struct fs::_Dir : _Dir_base
     _Dir_base d(dirfd, pathname, skip_permission_denied, nofollow, ec);
     // If this->path is empty, the new _Dir should have an empty path too.
     const fs::path& p = this->path.empty() ? this->path : this->entry.path();
-    return _Dir(std::exchange(d.dirp, nullptr), p);
+    return _Dir(std::move(d), p);
   }
 
   bool
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir-common.h b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir-common.h
index 0b7665a3f70..511b988f1c7 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir-common.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir-common.h
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ is_permission_denied_error(int e)
 
 struct _Dir_base
 {
-  _Dir_base(posix::DIR* dirp = nullptr) : dirp(dirp) { }
-
   // If no error occurs then dirp is non-null,
   // otherwise null (even if a permission denied error is ignored).
   _Dir_base(int fd, const posix::char_type* pathname,
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir.cc
index e838b4bc6bf..b451902c4a1 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/dir.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct fs::_Dir : std::filesystem::_Dir_base
       path = p;
   }
 
-  _Dir(posix::DIR* dirp, const path& p) : _Dir_base(dirp), path(p) { }
+  _Dir(_Dir_base&& d, const path& p) : _Dir_base(std::move(d)), path(p) { }
 
   _Dir(_Dir&&) = default;
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct fs::_Dir : std::filesystem::_Dir_base
   {
     auto [dirfd, pathname] = dir_and_pathname();
     _Dir_base d(dirfd, pathname, skip_permission_denied, nofollow, ec);
-    return _Dir(std::exchange(d.dirp, nullptr), entry.path());
+    return _Dir(std::move(d), entry.path());
   }
 
   fs::path		path;