diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index d83736f..95d7680 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -3085,8 +3085,10 @@
 		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
 		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 
-		if (end > isize)
-			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+		if ((end > isize) && inode_newsize_ok(inode, isize) == 0) {
+			truncate_setsize(inode, isize);
+			reiserfs_vfs_truncate_file(inode);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -3200,8 +3202,13 @@
 	 */
 	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
-	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
-		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (!error) {
+			truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
+			reiserfs_vfs_truncate_file(inode);
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (!error) {
 		setattr_copy(inode, attr);