diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 6161255fac45..1bdb350ea5d3 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1155,11 +1155,14 @@ compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
 	struct file *file;
 	int fput_needed;
 	ssize_t ret;
+	loff_t pos;
 
 	file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
 	if (!file)
 		return -EBADF;
-	ret = compat_readv(file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
+	pos = file->f_pos;
+	ret = compat_readv(file, vec, vlen, &pos);
+	file->f_pos = pos;
 	fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1221,11 +1224,14 @@ compat_sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
 	struct file *file;
 	int fput_needed;
 	ssize_t ret;
+	loff_t pos;
 
 	file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
 	if (!file)
 		return -EBADF;
-	ret = compat_writev(file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
+	pos = file->f_pos;
+	ret = compat_writev(file, vec, vlen, &pos);
+	file->f_pos = pos;
 	fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	return ret;
 }