diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index f8b82e73b3bf0ee8a7d9403d6ffdf06ad15f5411..eb53c632f8564a100d92e4670b8c6764776a3514 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	iattr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE; /* ignore size changes */
+
 	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
 	if (error)
 		return error;