diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index c5a98440e..73b12b680 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -1986,12 +1986,10 @@ func bytes2iovec(bs [][]byte) []Iovec {
 	return iovecs
 }
 
-// offs2lohi splits offs into its lower and upper unsigned long. On 64-bit
-// systems, hi will always be 0. On 32-bit systems, offs will be split in half.
-// preadv/pwritev chose this calling convention so they don't need to add a
-// padding-register for alignment on ARM.
+// offs2lohi splits offs into its low and high order bits.
 func offs2lohi(offs int64) (lo, hi uintptr) {
-	return uintptr(offs), uintptr(uint64(offs) >> SizeofLong)
+	const longBits = SizeofLong * 8
+	return uintptr(offs), uintptr(uint64(offs) >> longBits)
 }
 
 func Readv(fd int, iovs [][]byte) (n int, err error) {
diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux_test.go b/unix/syscall_linux_test.go
index 9fc641ab7..170e37ee9 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux_test.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux_test.go
@@ -1099,3 +1099,36 @@ func TestIoctlFileDedupeRange(t *testing.T) {
 			dedupe.Info[1].Bytes_deduped, 0)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPwritevOffsets tests golang.org/issues/57291 where
+// offs2lohi was shifting by the size of long in bytes, not bits.
+func TestPwritevOffsets(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "x.txt")
+
+	f, err := os.Create(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { f.Close() })
+
+	const (
+		off = 20
+	)
+	b := [][]byte{{byte(0)}}
+	n, err := unix.Pwritev(int(f.Fd()), b, off)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n != len(b) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to write %d, wrote %d", len(b), n)
+	}
+
+	info, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := off + int64(len(b))
+	if info.Size() != want {
+		t.Fatalf("expected size to be %d, got %d", want, info.Size())
+	}
+}