diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index fe02ad4740e..032604e5ef2 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
 	sb->s_magic = HOSTFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op = &hostfs_sbops;
+	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 
 	/* NULL is printed as <NULL> by sprintf: avoid that. */
 	if (req_root == NULL)