diff --git a/apps/files/admin.php b/apps/files/admin.php
index 25645a4bcc9fc1454adf5072ff0b26514d4cdf71..f747f8645f6ca62bc63bace5d3d90a2846a46026 100644
--- a/apps/files/admin.php
+++ b/apps/files/admin.php
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ $htaccessWritable=is_writable(OC::$SERVERROOT.'/.htaccess');
 $tmpl = new OCP\Template( 'files', 'admin' );
 $tmpl->assign( 'uploadChangable', $htaccessWorking and $htaccessWritable );
 $tmpl->assign( 'uploadMaxFilesize', $maxUploadFilesize);
+// max possible makes only sense on a 32 bit system
+$tmpl->assign( 'displayMaxPossibleUploadSize', PHP_INT_SIZE===4);
 $tmpl->assign( 'maxPossibleUploadSize', OCP\Util::humanFileSize(PHP_INT_MAX));
 $tmpl->assign( 'allowZipDownload', $allowZipDownload);
 $tmpl->assign( 'maxZipInputSize', $maxZipInputSize);
diff --git a/apps/files/templates/admin.php b/apps/files/templates/admin.php
index 0de12edcba577a2dbe3294751753e507260981fc..ad69b5519d9a616a354256f4aea247ce3428d5b0 100644
--- a/apps/files/templates/admin.php
+++ b/apps/files/templates/admin.php
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 		<?php if($_['uploadChangable']):?>
 			<label for="maxUploadSize"><?php echo $l->t( 'Maximum upload size' ); ?> </label>
 			<input name='maxUploadSize' id="maxUploadSize" value='<?php echo $_['uploadMaxFilesize'] ?>'/>
-			(<?php echo $l->t('max. possible: '); echo $_['maxPossibleUploadSize'] ?>)<br/>
+			<?php if($_['displayMaxPossibleUploadSize']):?>
+				(<?php echo $l->t('max. possible: '); echo $_['maxPossibleUploadSize'] ?>)
+			<?php endif;?>
+			<br/>
 		<?php endif;?>
 		<input type="checkbox" name="allowZipDownload" id="allowZipDownload" value="1"
 			   title="<?php echo $l->t( 'Needed for multi-file and folder downloads.' ); ?>"