diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 26c1930..b74c567 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,10 @@
 		opcode = IOCB_CMD_PWRITEV;
 	}
 
+	/* This matches the pread()/pwrite() logic */
+	if (iocb->ki_pos < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	do {
 		ret = rw_op(iocb, &iocb->ki_iovec[iocb->ki_cur_seg],
 			    iocb->ki_nr_segs - iocb->ki_cur_seg,