diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index e757ef2..9cd9d14 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_ro_fops);
 
+static int
+__negative_fpos_check(struct file *file, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+{
+	/*
+	 * pos or pos+count is negative here, check overflow.
+	 * too big "count" will be caught in rw_verify_area().
+	 */
+	if ((pos < 0) && (pos + count < pos))
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET)
+		return 0;
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 /**
  * generic_file_llseek_unlocked - lockless generic llseek implementation
  * @file:	file structure to seek on
@@ -62,7 +76,9 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (offset < 0 || offset > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes)
+	if (offset < 0 && __negative_fpos_check(file, offset, 0))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (offset > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Special lock needed here? */
@@ -137,7 +153,7 @@
 			offset += file->f_pos;
 	}
 	retval = -EINVAL;
-	if (offset >= 0) {
+	if (offset >= 0 || !__negative_fpos_check(file, offset, 0)) {
 		if (offset != file->f_pos) {
 			file->f_pos = offset;
 			file->f_version = 0;
@@ -221,6 +237,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+
 /*
  * rw_verify_area doesn't like huge counts. We limit
  * them to something that fits in "int" so that others
@@ -238,8 +255,11 @@
 	if (unlikely((ssize_t) count < 0))
 		return retval;
 	pos = *ppos;
-	if (unlikely((pos < 0) || (loff_t) (pos + count) < 0))
-		return retval;
+	if (unlikely((pos < 0) || (loff_t) (pos + count) < 0)) {
+		retval = __negative_fpos_check(file, pos, count);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(inode->i_flock && mandatory_lock(inode))) {
 		retval = locks_mandatory_area(