diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 2cc2972..18185ae 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2909,6 +2909,35 @@ static int claim_swapfile(struct swap_info_struct *p, struct inode *inode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Find out how many pages are allowed for a single swap device. There
+ * are two limiting factors:
+ * 1) the number of bits for the swap offset in the swp_entry_t type, and
+ * 2) the number of bits in the swap pte, as defined by the different
+ * architectures.
+ *
+ * In order to find the largest possible bit mask, a swap entry with
+ * swap type 0 and swap offset ~0UL is created, encoded to a swap pte,
+ * decoded to a swp_entry_t again, and finally the swap offset is
+ * extracted.
+ *
+ * This will mask all the bits from the initial ~0UL mask that can't
+ * be encoded in either the swp_entry_t or the architecture definition
+ * of a swap pte.
+ */
+unsigned long generic_max_swapfile_size(void)
+{
+	return swp_offset(pte_to_swp_entry(
+			swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry(0, ~0UL)))) + 1;
+}
+
+/* Can be overridden by an architecture for additional checks. */
+__weak unsigned long max_swapfile_size(void)
+{
+	return generic_max_swapfile_size();
+}
+
 static unsigned long read_swap_header(struct swap_info_struct *p,
 					union swap_header *swap_header,
 					struct inode *inode)
@@ -2944,22 +2973,7 @@ static unsigned long read_swap_header(struct swap_info_struct *p,
 	p->cluster_next = 1;
 	p->cluster_nr = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Find out how many pages are allowed for a single swap
-	 * device. There are two limiting factors: 1) the number
-	 * of bits for the swap offset in the swp_entry_t type, and
-	 * 2) the number of bits in the swap pte as defined by the
-	 * different architectures. In order to find the
-	 * largest possible bit mask, a swap entry with swap type 0
-	 * and swap offset ~0UL is created, encoded to a swap pte,
-	 * decoded to a swp_entry_t again, and finally the swap
-	 * offset is extracted. This will mask all the bits from
-	 * the initial ~0UL mask that can't be encoded in either
-	 * the swp_entry_t or the architecture definition of a
-	 * swap pte.
-	 */
-	maxpages = swp_offset(pte_to_swp_entry(
-			swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry(0, ~0UL)))) + 1;
+	maxpages = max_swapfile_size();
 	last_page = swap_header->info.last_page;
 	if (!last_page) {
 		pr_warn("Empty swap-file\n");