diff --git a/lib/zeitwerk/loader/eager_load.rb b/lib/zeitwerk/loader/eager_load.rb
index 83fa0cc..2ab2b6b 100644
--- a/lib/zeitwerk/loader/eager_load.rb
+++ b/lib/zeitwerk/loader/eager_load.rb
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ def load_file(path)
     log("eager load directory #{dir} start") if logger
 
     queue = [[dir, namespace]]
-    while (dir, namespace = queue.shift)
-      ls(dir) do |basename, abspath, ftype|
+    while (current_dir, namespace = queue.shift)
+      ls(current_dir) do |basename, abspath, ftype|
         next if honour_exclusions && eager_load_exclusions.member?(abspath)
 
         if ftype == :file
diff --git a/test/lib/zeitwerk/test_logging.rb b/test/lib/zeitwerk/test_logging.rb
index c18feeb..2e5eb4e 100644
--- a/test/lib/zeitwerk/test_logging.rb
+++ b/test/lib/zeitwerk/test_logging.rb
@@ -214,6 +214,26 @@ def logger.debug(message)
     end
   end
 
+  test "logs when eager loading a directory starts" do
+    with_files([]) do
+      assert_logged(%r(eager load directory #{Dir.pwd} start)) do
+        loader.push_dir(".")
+        loader.setup
+        loader.eager_load_dir(".")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "logs when eager loading a directory ends" do
+    with_files([]) do
+      assert_logged(%r(eager load directory #{Dir.pwd} end)) do
+        loader.push_dir(".")
+        loader.setup
+        loader.eager_load_dir(".")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   test "logs when eager loading starts" do
     with_setup do
       assert_logged(/eager load start/) do