diff -ur busybox.old/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/unix_io.c busybox.dev/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/unix_io.c
--- busybox.old/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/unix_io.c	2006-12-27 05:55:58.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.dev/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/unix_io.c	2007-01-07 16:16:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #undef RLIM_INFINITY
-#if (defined(__alpha__) || ((defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__)) && (SIZEOF_LONG == 4)))
+#if (defined(__alpha__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__))
 #define RLIM_INFINITY	((unsigned long)(~0UL>>1))
 #else
 #define RLIM_INFINITY  (~0UL)