diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index 559ae1ee670..84083876985 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ SYSCALL_SPU(getcwd)
 SYSCALL_SPU(capget)
 SYSCALL_SPU(capset)
 COMPAT_SYS(sigaltstack)
-SYSX_SPU(sys_sendfile64,compat_sys_sendfile,sys_sendfile)
+SYSX_SPU(sys_sendfile,compat_sys_sendfile_wrapper,sys_sendfile)
 SYSCALL(ni_syscall)
 SYSCALL(ni_syscall)
 PPC_SYS(vfork)
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ COMPAT_SYS_SPU(sched_setaffinity)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(sched_getaffinity)
 SYSCALL(ni_syscall)
 SYSCALL(ni_syscall)
-SYS32ONLY(sendfile64)
+SYSX(sys_ni_syscall,compat_sys_sendfile64_wrapper,sys_sendfile64)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(io_setup)
 SYSCALL_SPU(io_destroy)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(io_getevents)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index bd377a36861..c683fa350ad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NEWFSTATAT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index 81c570633ea..abd1112da54 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -143,48 +143,17 @@ long compat_sys_ipc(u32 call, u32 first, u32 second, u32 third, compat_uptr_t pt
  * proper conversion (sign extension) between the register representation of a signed int (msr in 32-bit mode)
  * and the register representation of a signed int (msr in 64-bit mode) is performed.
  */
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile(u32 out_fd, u32 in_fd, compat_off_t __user * offset, u32 count)
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile_wrapper(u32 out_fd, u32 in_fd,
+					    compat_off_t __user *offset, u32 count)
 {
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-	int ret;
-	off_t of;
-	off_t __user *up;
-
-	if (offset && get_user(of, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	/* The __user pointer cast is valid because of the set_fs() */		
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	up = offset ? (off_t __user *) &of : NULL;
-	ret = sys_sendfile((int)out_fd, (int)in_fd, up, count);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-	
-	if (offset && put_user(of, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	return ret;
+	return compat_sys_sendfile((int)out_fd, (int)in_fd, offset, count);
 }
 
-asmlinkage int compat_sys_sendfile64(int out_fd, int in_fd, compat_loff_t __user *offset, s32 count)
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile64_wrapper(u32 out_fd, u32 in_fd,
+					      compat_loff_t __user *offset, u32 count)
 {
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-	int ret;
-	loff_t lof;
-	loff_t __user *up;
-	
-	if (offset && get_user(lof, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	/* The __user pointer cast is valid because of the set_fs() */		
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	up = offset ? (loff_t __user *) &lof : NULL;
-	ret = sys_sendfile64(out_fd, in_fd, up, count);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-	
-	if (offset && put_user(lof, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	return ret;
+	return sys_sendfile((int)out_fd, (int)in_fd,
+			    (off_t __user *)offset, count);
 }
 
 long compat_sys_execve(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
index fb269346480..d9a677c5192 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@
 #else
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
+#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys32.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys32.S
index d97f3eb72e0..44025f4ba41 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys32.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys32.S
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ SIGN1(sys32_mkdir, sys_mkdir, %o1)
 SIGN3(sys32_futex, compat_sys_futex, %o1, %o2, %o5)
 SIGN1(sys32_sysfs, compat_sys_sysfs, %o0)
 SIGN2(sys32_sendfile, compat_sys_sendfile, %o0, %o1)
-SIGN2(sys32_sendfile64, compat_sys_sendfile64, %o0, %o1)
+SIGN2(sys32_sendfile64, sys_sendfile, %o0, %o1)
 SIGN1(sys32_prctl, sys_prctl, %o0)
 SIGN1(sys32_sched_rr_get_interval, compat_sys_sched_rr_get_interval, %o0)
 SIGN2(sys32_waitpid, sys_waitpid, %o0, %o2)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
index f7392336961..d862499eb01 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
@@ -506,52 +506,6 @@ long compat_sys_fadvise64_64(int fd,
 				advice);
 }
 
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd,
-				    compat_off_t __user *offset,
-				    compat_size_t count)
-{
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-	int ret;
-	off_t of;
-	
-	if (offset && get_user(of, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = sys_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd,
-			   offset ? (off_t __user *) &of : NULL,
-			   count);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-	
-	if (offset && put_user(of, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	return ret;
-}
-
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile64(int out_fd, int in_fd,
-				      compat_loff_t __user *offset,
-				      compat_size_t count)
-{
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-	int ret;
-	loff_t lof;
-	
-	if (offset && get_user(lof, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = sys_sendfile64(out_fd, in_fd,
-			     offset ? (loff_t __user *) &lof : NULL,
-			     count);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-	
-	if (offset && put_user(lof, offset))
-		return -EFAULT;
-		
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /* This is just a version for 32-bit applications which does
  * not force O_LARGEFILE on.
  */
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index d72d51e1902..b7a24d0ca30 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1792,3 +1792,25 @@ compat_sys_open_by_handle_at(int mountdirfd,
 	return do_handle_open(mountdirfd, handle, flags);
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd,
+				    compat_off_t __user *offset, compat_size_t count)
+{
+	loff_t pos;
+	off_t off;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (offset) {
+		if (unlikely(get_user(off, offset)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		pos = off;
+		ret = do_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, &pos, count, MAX_NON_LFS);
+		if (unlikely(put_user(pos, offset)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return do_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, NULL, count, 0);
+}
+#endif /* __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE */
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 28b38279a21..d06534857e9 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -862,8 +862,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(pwritev, unsigned long, fd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos,
-			   size_t count, loff_t max)
+ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos, size_t count,
+		    loff_t max)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
 	struct inode *in_inode, *out_inode;
diff --git a/fs/read_write.h b/fs/read_write.h
index d07b954c6e0..d3e00ef6742 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.h
+++ b/fs/read_write.h
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ ssize_t do_sync_readv_writev(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *iov,
 		unsigned long nr_segs, size_t len, loff_t *ppos, iov_fn_t fn);
 ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iovec *iov,
 		unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos, io_fn_t fn);
+ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos, size_t count,
+		    loff_t max);
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 09b28b7369d..fd4e29956d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_process_vm_writev(compat_pid_t pid,
 		unsigned long liovcnt, const struct compat_iovec __user *rvec,
 		unsigned long riovcnt, unsigned long flags);
 
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd,
+				    compat_off_t __user *offset, compat_size_t count);
+
 #else
 
 #define is_compat_task() (0)