diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 2211f6ba873628485fcabf874adf0c3c985a6d84..d2398c193bdaab4ce90d27917d3408e8d610b260 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -507,10 +507,15 @@ nfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_MODE;
 
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		loff_t i_size;
+
 		BUG_ON(!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode));
 
-		if (attr->ia_size == i_size_read(inode))
+		i_size = i_size_read(inode);
+		if (attr->ia_size == i_size)
 			attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+		else if (attr->ia_size < i_size && IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
+			return -ETXTBSY;
 	}
 
 	/* Optimization: if the end result is no change, don't RPC */