diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 963bd81a44c8..2ebb72c1a876 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 
@@ -935,9 +936,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_open(const char __user * filename, int flags, int mode)
 	char * tmp;
 	int fd, error;
 
-#if BITS_PER_LONG != 32
-	flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
-#endif
+	if (force_o_largefile())
+		flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
+
 	tmp = getname(filename);
 	fd = PTR_ERR(tmp);
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/fcntl.h b/include/asm-ia64/fcntl.h
index d193981bb1d8..c9f8d835d0cc 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/fcntl.h
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ struct flock {
 
 #define F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE	1024
 
+#define force_o_largefile() ( ! (current->personality & PER_LINUX32) )
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_FCNTL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h
index 704fb76b6334..8a7c82151de9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#ifndef force_o_largefile
+#define force_o_largefile() (BITS_PER_LONG != 32)
+#endif
+
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
 #define IS_GETLK32(cmd)		((cmd) == F_GETLK)
 #define IS_SETLK32(cmd)		((cmd) == F_SETLK)