diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 410f235..df2ef15 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -524,7 +524,12 @@
  */
 struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	static unsigned long last_ino;
+	/*
+	 * On a 32bit, non LFS stat() call, glibc will generate an EOVERFLOW
+	 * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter
+	 * here to attempt to avoid that.
+	 */
+	static unsigned int last_ino;
 	struct inode * inode;
 
 	spin_lock_prefetch(&inode_lock);
@@ -683,7 +688,12 @@
  */
 ino_t iunique(struct super_block *sb, ino_t max_reserved)
 {
-	static ino_t counter;
+	/*
+	 * On a 32bit, non LFS stat() call, glibc will generate an EOVERFLOW
+	 * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter
+	 * here to attempt to avoid that.
+	 */
+	static unsigned int counter;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	ino_t res;