diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 0e7207b9815c78a33f237e678da91f0adb969c45..4906e2d8f40083647c5d4696431d0fcf54daca39 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -892,6 +892,16 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void
  	if (error)
  		goto out_sb;
 
+	/*
+	 * filesystems should never set s_maxbytes larger than MAX_LFS_FILESIZE
+	 * but s_maxbytes was an unsigned long long for many releases. Throw
+	 * this warning for a little while to try and catch filesystems that
+	 * violate this rule. This warning should be either removed or
+	 * converted to a BUG() in 2.6.34.
+	 */
+	WARN((mnt->mnt_sb->s_maxbytes < 0), "%s set sb->s_maxbytes to "
+		"negative value (%lld)\n", type->name, mnt->mnt_sb->s_maxbytes);
+
 	mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root;
 	mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
 	up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 955e34615cb7ee6caff97eec549fb08577a8f6c5..cbb7724c11d39a2539d7cf4fa4ae3fa2ab27f2ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ struct super_block {
 	unsigned long		s_blocksize;
 	unsigned char		s_blocksize_bits;
 	unsigned char		s_dirt;
-	unsigned long long	s_maxbytes;	/* Max file size */
+	loff_t			s_maxbytes;	/* Max file size */
 	struct file_system_type	*s_type;
 	const struct super_operations	*s_op;
 	const struct dquot_operations	*dq_op;