diff --git a/common/partitions.c b/common/partitions.c
index 74b4f12..a8c9625 100644
--- a/common/partitions.c
+++ b/common/partitions.c
@@ -43,23 +43,6 @@
 };
 
 /**
- * Reject values which cannot be used in Barebox
- * @param val Value to be check
- * @return 0 if value can be used in Barebox, -EINVAL if not
- *
- * @note this routine can be removed when Barebox uses file offsets larger
- * than 32 bit
- */
-static int check_offset_value(uint64_t val)
-{
-#if 1	/* until Barebox can handle 64 bit offsets */
-	if (val > (__INT_MAX__ / SECTOR_SIZE))
-		return -EINVAL;
-#endif
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
  * Guess the size of the disk, based on the partition table entries
  * @param dev device to create partitions for
  * @param table partition table
@@ -76,12 +59,6 @@
 			size += get_unaligned(&table[i].partition_size);
 		}
 	}
-	/* limit disk sector counts we can't handle due to 32 bit limits */
-	if (check_offset_value(size) != 0) {
-		dev_warn(dev, "Warning: Sector count limited due to 31 bit"
-				"contraints\n");
-		size = __INT_MAX__ / SECTOR_SIZE;
-	}
 
 	return (int)size;
 }
@@ -126,12 +103,6 @@
 		pentry.first_sec = get_unaligned(&table[i].partition_start);
 		pentry.size = get_unaligned(&table[i].partition_size);
 
-		/* do we have to ignore this partition due to limitations? */
-		if (check_offset_value(pentry.first_sec) != 0)
-			continue;
-		if (check_offset_value(pentry.size) != 0)
-			continue;
-
 		if (pentry.first_sec != 0) {
 			pd->parts[pd->used_entries].first_sec = pentry.first_sec;
 			pd->parts[pd->used_entries].size = pentry.size;
diff --git a/fs/devfs-core.c b/fs/devfs-core.c
index b66965e..cdb8f79 100644
--- a/fs/devfs-core.c
+++ b/fs/devfs-core.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int devfs_add_partition(const char *devname, unsigned long offset, size_t size,
+int devfs_add_partition(const char *devname, loff_t offset, loff_t size,
 		int flags, const char *name)
 {
 	struct cdev *cdev, *new;
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index 0b6d1b3..eacd8e6 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 #define DEVFS_PARTITION_READONLY	(1 << 1)
 #define DEVFS_IS_PARTITION		(1 << 2)
 
-int devfs_add_partition(const char *devname, unsigned long offset, size_t size,
+int devfs_add_partition(const char *devname, loff_t offset, loff_t size,
 		int flags, const char *name);
 int devfs_del_partition(const char *name);
 
diff --git a/include/partition.h b/include/partition.h
index 0827bb4..8ad7490 100644
--- a/include/partition.h
+++ b/include/partition.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 	int flags;
 
-        unsigned long offset;
+        loff_t offset;
 
         struct device_d *physdev;
         struct device_d device;