diff -urNp linux-860/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S linux-880/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
--- linux-860/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S	
+++ linux-880/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S	
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_lremovexattr)
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_fremovexattr)
  	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_tkill)
-	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)	/* reserved for sendfile64 */
+	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_sendfile64)	/* reserved for sendfile64 */
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)	/* 240 reserved for futex */
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)	/* reserved for sched_setaffinity */
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)	/* reserved for sched_getaffinity */
diff -urNp linux-860/mm/filemap.c linux-880/mm/filemap.c
--- linux-860/mm/filemap.c	
+++ linux-880/mm/filemap.c	
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ int file_send_actor(read_descriptor_t * 
 	return written;
 }
 
-asmlinkage ssize_t sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)
+static ssize_t common_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *offset, size_t count)
 {
 	ssize_t retval;
 	struct file * in_file, * out_file;
@@ -1800,27 +1800,19 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_sendfile(int out_
 	retval = 0;
 	if (count) {
 		read_descriptor_t desc;
-		loff_t pos = 0, *ppos;
-
-		retval = -EFAULT;
-		ppos = &in_file->f_pos;
-		if (offset) {
-			if (get_user(pos, offset))
-				goto fput_out;
-			ppos = &pos;
-		}
+		
+		if (!offset)
+			offset = &in_file->f_pos;
 
 		desc.written = 0;
 		desc.count = count;
 		desc.buf = (char *) out_file;
 		desc.error = 0;
-		do_generic_file_read(in_file, ppos, &desc, file_send_actor);
+		do_generic_file_read(in_file, offset, &desc, file_send_actor);
 
 		retval = desc.written;
 		if (!retval)
 			retval = desc.error;
-		if (offset)
-			put_user(pos, offset);
 	}
 
 fput_out:
@@ -1831,6 +1823,38 @@ out:
 	return retval;
 }
 
+asmlinkage ssize_t sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)
+{
+	loff_t pos, *ppos = NULL;
+	ssize_t ret;
+	if (offset) {
+		off_t off;
+		if (unlikely(get_user(off, offset)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		pos = off;
+		ppos = &pos;
+	}
+	ret = common_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, ppos, count);
+	if (offset)
+		put_user((off_t)pos, offset);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+asmlinkage ssize_t sys_sendfile64(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *offset, size_t count)
+{
+	loff_t pos, *ppos = NULL;
+	ssize_t ret;
+	if (offset) {
+		if (unlikely(copy_from_user(&pos, offset, sizeof(loff_t))))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		ppos = &pos;
+	}
+	ret = common_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, ppos, count);
+	if (offset)
+		put_user(pos, offset);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static ssize_t do_readahead(struct file *file, unsigned long index, unsigned long nr)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;