diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 7b80d543b89e71c41764b54a5d6eee59992c712c..2c09723220091f7520b5a9c04622e1d788b9b1c4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations = {
-	.truncate	= ext4_truncate,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ext4_getattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 65576c02c6f5c280704b20625b1572d197dd4719..50d0e9c645845a4001e4da390318fa0c9e6b45b9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3511,7 +3511,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ind_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 			loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 
 			if (end > isize)
-				vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+				ext4_truncate_failed_write(inode);
 		}
 	}
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
@@ -4407,8 +4407,6 @@ static void ext4_free_branches(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-		return 0;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return 1;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))