diff --git a/drivers/gpu/arm/midgard/mali_kbase_core_linux.c b/drivers/gpu/arm/midgard/mali_kbase_core_linux.c
index 3a6e5aae0bce..24bafe2bf32c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/arm/midgard/mali_kbase_core_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/arm/midgard/mali_kbase_core_linux.c
@@ -1154,6 +1154,7 @@ static int kbase_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	}
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&kctx->event_queue);
+	filp->f_mode |= FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET;
 	filp->private_data = kctx;
 	kctx->filp = filp;