diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index 131b2b77c818..29ecaf739449 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -812,9 +812,8 @@ static int ufs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	uspi->s_dirblksize = UFS_SECTOR_SIZE;
 	super_block_offset=UFS_SBLOCK;
 
-	/* Keep 2Gig file limit. Some UFS variants need to override 
-	   this but as I don't know which I'll let those in the know loosen
-	   the rules */
+	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
+
 	switch (sbi->s_mount_opt & UFS_MOUNT_UFSTYPE) {
 	case UFS_MOUNT_UFSTYPE_44BSD:
 		UFSD("ufstype=44bsd\n");