diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index c062f7e2ecb5..330c31bc99ec 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -593,8 +593,13 @@ static int ovl_security_fileattr(const struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *f
 	struct file *file;
 	unsigned int cmd;
 	int err;
+	unsigned int flags;
 
-	file = dentry_open(realpath, O_RDONLY, current_cred());
+	flags = O_RDONLY;
+	if (force_o_largefile())
+		flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
+
+	file = dentry_open(realpath, flags, current_cred());
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);