diff --git a/fs/sysv/file.c b/fs/sysv/file.c
index 0a65939..9d4dc683 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/file.c
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@
 
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
 	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		sysv_truncate(inode);
 	}
 
 	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations = {
-	.truncate	= sysv_truncate,
 	.setattr	= sysv_setattr,
 	.getattr	= sysv_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysv/itree.c b/fs/sysv/itree.c
index 90b54b4..c1a591a 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/itree.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/itree.c
@@ -464,6 +464,16 @@
 	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, get_block);
 }
 
+static void sysv_write_failed(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t to)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+
+	if (to > inode->i_size) {
+		truncate_pagecache(inode, to, inode->i_size);
+		sysv_truncate(inode);
+	}
+}
+
 static int sysv_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -471,11 +481,8 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, get_block);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
-		if (pos + len > isize)
-			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
-	}
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		sysv_write_failed(mapping, pos + len);
 
 	return ret;
 }