diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 0642a16..4d03008 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 		goto bad;
 
 	retval = -EINVAL;
-	if (origin <= 2) {
+	if (origin <= SEEK_MAX) {
 		loff_t res = vfs_llseek(file, offset, origin);
 		retval = res;
 		if (res != (loff_t)retval)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 		goto bad;
 
 	retval = -EINVAL;
-	if (origin > 2)
+	if (origin > SEEK_MAX)
 		goto out_putf;
 
 	offset = vfs_llseek(file, ((loff_t) offset_high << 32) | offset_low,