diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 9819f7c6c8c5..6ab67b860159 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(preadv64v2, unsigned long, fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *,vec,
 		unsigned long, vlen, loff_t, pos, int, flags)
 {
+	if (pos == -1)
+		return do_compat_readv(fd, vec, vlen, flags);
+
 	return do_compat_preadv64(fd, vec, vlen, pos, flags);
 }
 #endif
@@ -1310,6 +1313,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(pwritev64v2, unsigned long, fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *,vec,
 		unsigned long, vlen, loff_t, pos, int, flags)
 {
+	if (pos == -1)
+		return do_compat_writev(fd, vec, vlen, flags);
+
 	return do_compat_pwritev64(fd, vec, vlen, pos, flags);
 }
 #endif