diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index 92490e9f85ca0fc61a23f8142c0bb197758b1f1f..901f67e37864d5be4919e8816b9456444b73094d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ loff_t ext3_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 
 	if (likely(dx_dir))
 		return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
-					        ext3_get_htree_eof(file));
+					        ext3_get_htree_eof(file),
+						i_size_read(inode));
 	else
 		return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 8c7642a00054fd1ddf649e733e4b6efb5a0eb14b..f3dadd0a0d51d0f6362d5397fa19bb68aebfcd70 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	else
 		maxbytes = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes;
 
-	return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin, maxbytes);
+	return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+					maxbytes, i_size_read(inode));
 }
 
 const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index c20614f86c01ed88ed36a65e9dfafdabfd3ba4d3..1adfb691e4f152444d8b7a080c1159057bbed9ad 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ static loff_t lseek_execute(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
  * @file:	file structure to seek on
  * @offset:	file offset to seek to
  * @origin:	type of seek
- * @size:	max size of file system
+ * @size:	max size of this file in file system
+ * @eof:	offset used for SEEK_END position
  *
  * This is a variant of generic_file_llseek that allows passing in a custom
- * file size.
+ * maximum file size and a custom EOF position, for e.g. hashed directories
  *
  * Synchronization:
  * SEEK_SET and SEEK_END are unsynchronized (but atomic on 64bit platforms)
@@ -67,13 +68,13 @@ static loff_t lseek_execute(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
  */
 loff_t
 generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin,
-		loff_t maxsize)
+		loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
 	switch (origin) {
 	case SEEK_END:
-		offset += i_size_read(inode);
+		offset += eof;
 		break;
 	case SEEK_CUR:
 		/*
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin,
 		 * In the generic case the entire file is data, so as long as
 		 * offset isn't at the end of the file then the offset is data.
 		 */
-		if (offset >= i_size_read(inode))
+		if (offset >= eof)
 			return -ENXIO;
 		break;
 	case SEEK_HOLE:
@@ -107,9 +108,9 @@ generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin,
 		 * There is a virtual hole at the end of the file, so as long as
 		 * offset isn't i_size or larger, return i_size.
 		 */
-		if (offset >= i_size_read(inode))
+		if (offset >= eof)
 			return -ENXIO;
-		offset = i_size_read(inode);
+		offset = eof;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
 	return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
-					inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes);
+					inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes,
+					i_size_read(inode));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_llseek);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6a6ca85bee238ffa35d732748fe2b62f334fa6fc..34acf51273dd6eb2655bf4cdf0f4c2747cb2de62 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ extern loff_t noop_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 extern loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 extern loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 extern loff_t generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
-		int origin, loff_t maxsize);
+		int origin, loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof);
 extern int generic_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp);
 extern int nonseekable_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp);