2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/resource.h b/include/asm-generic/resource.h
index 587566f95f6c..61fa862fe08d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/resource.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/resource.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         [RLIMIT_CORE]           = {              0,  RLIM_INFINITY },   \
         [RLIMIT_RSS]            = {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },   \
         [RLIMIT_NPROC]          = {              0,              0 },   \
-        [RLIMIT_NOFILE]         = {       INR_OPEN,       INR_OPEN },   \
+        [RLIMIT_NOFILE]         = {   INR_OPEN_CUR,   INR_OPEN_MAX },   \
         [RLIMIT_MEMLOCK]        = {    MLOCK_LIMIT,    MLOCK_LIMIT },   \
         [RLIMIT_AS]             = {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },   \
         [RLIMIT_LOCKS]          = {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },   \
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5bb9e826019b..3f9d3251790d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 
 /* Fixed constants first: */
 #undef NR_OPEN
-#define INR_OPEN 1024           /* Initial setting for nfile rlimits */
+#define INR_OPEN_CUR 1024       /* Initial setting for nfile rlimits */
+#define INR_OPEN_MAX 4096       /* Hard limit for nfile rlimits */
 
 #define BLOCK_SIZE_BITS 10
 #define BLOCK_SIZE (1<<BLOCK_SIZE_BITS)