diff --git a/src/mdrv2.cpp b/src/mdrv2.cpp
index 87b197a..25ef98a 100644
--- a/src/mdrv2.cpp
+++ b/src/mdrv2.cpp
@@ -826,6 +826,12 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (0 == static_cast<uint8_t>(sdbusplus::server::xyz::openbmc_project::
+                                      smbios::MDRV2::directoryEntries()))
+    {
+        directoryEntries(smbiosDir.dirEntries);
+    }
+
     systemInfoUpdate();
     smbiosDir.dir[smbiosDirIndex].common.dataVersion = mdr2SMBIOS.dirVer;
     smbiosDir.dir[smbiosDirIndex].common.timestamp = mdr2SMBIOS.timestamp;