diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index ae99b90a8b98bfedfa8a3836ef6f91094aae1077..b98df843ac9665d938ca6897b1b5f5beca665c02 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static inline int ovl_dir_read(struct path *realpath,
 	struct file *realfile;
 	int err;
 
-	realfile = ovl_path_open(realpath, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
+	realfile = ovl_path_open(realpath, O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE);
 	if (IS_ERR(realfile))
 		return PTR_ERR(realfile);
 
@@ -823,6 +823,12 @@ static loff_t ovl_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	return res;
 }
 
+static struct file *ovl_dir_open_realfile(struct file *file,
+					  struct path *realpath)
+{
+	return ovl_path_open(realpath, O_RDONLY | (file->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE));
+}
+
 static int ovl_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			 int datasync)
 {
@@ -845,7 +851,7 @@ static int ovl_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			struct path upperpath;
 
 			ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
-			realfile = ovl_path_open(&upperpath, O_RDONLY);
+			realfile = ovl_dir_open_realfile(file, &upperpath);
 
 			inode_lock(inode);
 			if (!od->upperfile) {
@@ -896,7 +902,7 @@ static int ovl_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	type = ovl_path_real(file->f_path.dentry, &realpath);
-	realfile = ovl_path_open(&realpath, file->f_flags);
+	realfile = ovl_dir_open_realfile(file, &realpath);
 	if (IS_ERR(realfile)) {
 		kfree(od);
 		return PTR_ERR(realfile);