diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 4a8849e45b2191ef5a91821ad3b47d0588e7b12b..fb4f3cdda78c422518ed58c550fcf4019c8f2c99 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
 
-int kernel_read(struct file *file, unsigned long offset,
-	char *addr, unsigned long count)
+int kernel_read(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
+		char *addr, unsigned long count)
 {
 	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 	loff_t pos = offset;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 67888a9e06558d45d0ff0fc2fd97072af9aed5c8..73e9b643e45503dc6f01e31af2a8ec1f77de1264 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ extern struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 		int open_flag, int mode, int acc_mode);
 extern int may_open(struct path *, int, int);
 
-extern int kernel_read(struct file *, unsigned long, char *, unsigned long);
+extern int kernel_read(struct file *, loff_t, char *, unsigned long);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
  
 /* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */