diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 84d693d374284b580208fec3b8eb3c57bdd4195c..b1990ac8fa0975c5494a832ce87e6cf693981845 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_data(struct path *old, struct path *new, loff_t len)
 	if (len == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	old_file = ovl_path_open(old, O_RDONLY);
+	old_file = ovl_path_open(old, O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(old_file))
 		return PTR_ERR(old_file);
 
-	new_file = ovl_path_open(new, O_WRONLY);
+	new_file = ovl_path_open(new, O_LARGEFILE | O_WRONLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(new_file)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(new_file);
 		goto out_fput;