diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 3127e0bf7bbd..a298a3854a80 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int __init do_name(void)
 	if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
 		int ml = maybe_link();
 		if (ml >= 0) {
-			int openflags = O_WRONLY|O_CREAT;
+			int openflags = O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_LARGEFILE;
 			if (ml != 1)
 				openflags |= O_TRUNC;
 			wfile = filp_open(collected, openflags, mode);