diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 446b37f0de79..94cb57007893 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static int ntfs_init_from_boot(struct super_block *sb, u32 sector_size,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NTFS3_64BIT_CLUSTER
 	if (clusters >= (1ull << (64 - cluster_bits)))
 		sbi->maxbytes = -1;
-	sbi->maxbytes_sparse = -1;
+	sbi->maxbytes_sparse = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 #else
 	/* Maximum size for sparse file. */