--- linux-2.6.24-rc3/fs/exec.c.orig
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3/fs/exec.c
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 			int err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC);
 			file = ERR_PTR(err);
 			if (!err) {
-				file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY);
+				file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, force_o_largefile() ?
+					O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE : O_RDONLY);
 				if (!IS_ERR(file)) {
 					err = deny_write_access(file);
 					if (err) {