diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 5dbf4dba03c4..a367dd044280 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1849,8 +1849,8 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
-	if (le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count) >
-		    (sector_t)(~0ULL) >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9)) {
+	if (generic_check_addressable(sb->s_blocksize_bits,
+				      le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count))) {
 		ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 			"error: filesystem is too large to mount safely");
 		if (sizeof(sector_t) < 8)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 26147746c272..7f47c366bf15 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2831,15 +2831,13 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 * Test whether we have more sectors than will fit in sector_t,
 	 * and whether the max offset is addressable by the page cache.
 	 */
-	if ((ext4_blocks_count(es) >
-	     (sector_t)(~0ULL) >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9)) ||
-	    (ext4_blocks_count(es) >
-	     (pgoff_t)(~0ULL) >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - sb->s_blocksize_bits))) {
+	ret = generic_check_addressable(sb->s_blocksize_bits,
+					ext4_blocks_count(es));
+	if (ret) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "filesystem"
 			 " too large to mount safely on this system");
 		if (sizeof(sector_t) < 8)
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "CONFIG_LBDAF not enabled");
-		ret = -EFBIG;
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 0a9da95317f7..8debe7b33769 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -913,6 +913,35 @@ int generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_fsync);
 
+/**
+ * generic_check_addressable - Check addressability of file system
+ * @blocksize_bits:	log of file system block size
+ * @num_blocks:		number of blocks in file system
+ *
+ * Determine whether a file system with @num_blocks blocks (and a
+ * block size of 2**@blocksize_bits) is addressable by the sector_t
+ * and page cache of the system.  Return 0 if so and -EFBIG otherwise.
+ */
+int generic_check_addressable(unsigned blocksize_bits, u64 num_blocks)
+{
+	u64 last_fs_block = num_blocks - 1;
+
+	if (unlikely(num_blocks == 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	if ((blocksize_bits < 9) || (blocksize_bits > PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if ((last_fs_block >
+	     (sector_t)(~0ULL) >> (blocksize_bits - 9)) ||
+	    (last_fs_block >
+	     (pgoff_t)(~0ULL) >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - blocksize_bits))) {
+		return -EFBIG;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_check_addressable);
+
 /*
  * No-op implementation of ->fsync for in-memory filesystems.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 76041b614758..1a759f40ab9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2374,6 +2374,8 @@ extern ssize_t simple_write_to_buffer(void *to, size_t available, loff_t *ppos,
 
 extern int generic_file_fsync(struct file *, int);
 
+extern int generic_check_addressable(unsigned, u64);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 extern int buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *,
 				struct page *, struct page *);