diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index cb14de1502c3..f3675cc630e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1436,11 +1436,31 @@ static void ext3_orphan_cleanup (struct super_block * sb,
 static loff_t ext3_max_size(int bits)
 {
 	loff_t res = EXT3_NDIR_BLOCKS;
-	/* This constant is calculated to be the largest file size for a
-	 * dense, 4k-blocksize file such that the total number of
+	int meta_blocks;
+	loff_t upper_limit;
+
+	/* This is calculated to be the largest file size for a
+	 * dense, file such that the total number of
 	 * sectors in the file, including data and all indirect blocks,
-	 * does not exceed 2^32. */
-	const loff_t upper_limit = 0x1ff7fffd000LL;
+	 * does not exceed 2^32 -1
+	 * __u32 i_blocks representing the total number of
+	 * 512 bytes blocks of the file
+	 */
+	upper_limit = (1LL << 32) - 1;
+
+	/* total blocks in file system block size */
+	upper_limit >>= (bits - 9);
+
+
+	/* indirect blocks */
+	meta_blocks = 1;
+	/* double indirect blocks */
+	meta_blocks += 1 + (1LL << (bits-2));
+	/* tripple indirect blocks */
+	meta_blocks += 1 + (1LL << (bits-2)) + (1LL << (2*(bits-2)));
+
+	upper_limit -= meta_blocks;
+	upper_limit <<= bits;
 
 	res += 1LL << (bits-2);
 	res += 1LL << (2*(bits-2));
@@ -1448,6 +1468,10 @@ static loff_t ext3_max_size(int bits)
 	res <<= bits;
 	if (res > upper_limit)
 		res = upper_limit;
+
+	if (res > MAX_LFS_FILESIZE)
+		res = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
+
 	return res;
 }