diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
index 84fb984f29c130f89cffbbaaf1aae9b8b1d6c843..85c85eb3e245d7a7a9600a8fce95a592789f38bc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int spufs_arch_write_note(struct spu_context *ctx, int i,
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	skip = roundup(cprm->file->f_pos - total + sz, 4) - cprm->file->f_pos;
+	skip = roundup(cprm->pos - total + sz, 4) - cprm->pos;
 	if (!dump_skip(cprm, skip))
 		goto Eio;
 out:
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index e158b22ef32f16d2fcf61c29fbf6d15a65581c1e..a7a28110dc80aa9df1e700d9c24aa297161ab996 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	/* Align to page */
-	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->file->f_pos))
+	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->pos))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	for (i = 0, vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 71ade0e556b7e7cab5b83705228a54099b067749..203589311bf88733bdb53d329a3b05a490ce9164 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 				goto end_coredump;
 	}
 
-	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->file->f_pos))
+	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->pos))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	if (!elf_fdpic_dump_segments(cprm))
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 38a7ab87e10a80d9d62d80b74dd58c1f2989a966..281b768000e664e4d4ef9092d4bb567d003623a0 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
 			return 0;
 		file->f_pos = pos;
 		cprm->written += n;
+		cprm->pos += n;
 		nr -= n;
 	}
 	return 1;
@@ -808,6 +809,7 @@ int dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
 		if (dump_interrupted() ||
 		    file->f_op->llseek(file, nr, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
 			return 0;
+		cprm->pos += nr;
 		return 1;
 	} else {
 		while (nr > PAGE_SIZE) {
@@ -822,7 +824,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_skip);
 
 int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
 {
-	unsigned mod = cprm->file->f_pos & (align - 1);
+	unsigned mod = cprm->pos & (align - 1);
 	if (align & (align - 1))
 		return 0;
 	return mod ? dump_skip(cprm, align - mod) : 1;
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 576e4639ca609e8bfb8686474406073937e912e9..314b3caa701cc20a6c3fcd628de3c48b7c0c7d21 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct coredump_params {
 	unsigned long limit;
 	unsigned long mm_flags;
 	loff_t written;
+	loff_t pos;
 };
 
 /*