diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index f18911e8d770..488641b1a418 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ static int afs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct afs_fs_context *ctx)
 	/* fill in the superblock */
 	sb->s_blocksize		= PAGE_SIZE;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits	= PAGE_SHIFT;
+	sb->s_maxbytes		= MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 	sb->s_magic		= AFS_FS_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op		= &afs_super_ops;
 	if (!as->dyn_root)