diff -r 89e7cfa618a5 Lib/tarfile.py
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py	Fri Dec 07 07:07:56 2012 +0300
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py	Fri Dec 07 07:42:04 2012 +0300
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 """Read from and write to tar format archives.
 """
 
-version     = "0.9.0"
+version     = "0.9.1"
 __author__  = "Lars Gust\u00e4bel (lars@gustaebel.de)"
 __date__    = "$Date: 2011-02-25 17:42:01 +0200 (Fri, 25 Feb 2011) $"
 __cvsid__   = "$Id: tarfile.py 88586 2011-02-25 15:42:01Z marc-andre.lemburg $"
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@
         directories = []
 
         if members is None:
-            members = self
+            members = self.getmembers()
 
         for tarinfo in members:
             if tarinfo.isdir():
diff -r 89e7cfa618a5 Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py	Fri Dec 07 07:07:56 2012 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py	Fri Dec 07 07:42:04 2012 +0300
@@ -362,7 +362,23 @@
         finally:
             tar.close()
 
-    def test_extractall(self):
+    def test_extractall_after_next(self):
+        # Test extractall() unpacks all files after calling .next()
+        # (see issue #16631)
+        tar = tarfile.open(tarname, encoding="iso8859-1")
+        filename = tar.next().name
+        DIR = os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "extractall")
+        fullname = os.path.join(DIR, filename)
+        os.mkdir(DIR)
+        try:
+            tar.extractall(DIR)
+            if not os.path.exists(fullname):
+                self.fail("extractall filed to unpack all files")
+        finally:
+            tar.close()
+            shutil.rmtree(DIR)
+
+    def test_extractall_dir_attributes(self):
         # Test if extractall() correctly restores directory permissions
         # and times (see issue1735).
         tar = tarfile.open(tarname, encoding="iso8859-1")