diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 5f51fed5c750870b8c575fdf7dd8e877fe986bfb..4d7da6f6184b540cab3e93835649d9bbd369662c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1193,15 +1193,16 @@ static int ext3_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		 * i_size_read because we hold i_mutex.
 		 *
 		 * Add inode to orphan list in case we crash before truncate
-		 * finishes.
+		 * finishes. Do this only if ext3_can_truncate() agrees so
+		 * that orphan processing code is happy.
 		 */
-		if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
+		if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 			ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 		ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 		unlock_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
-			vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
+			ext3_truncate(inode);
 	}
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
@@ -1287,7 +1288,7 @@ static int ext3_ordered_write_end(struct file *file,
 	 * There may be allocated blocks outside of i_size because
 	 * we failed to copy some data. Prepare for truncate.
 	 */
-	if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
+	if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 	ret2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (!ret)
@@ -1296,7 +1297,7 @@ static int ext3_ordered_write_end(struct file *file,
 	page_cache_release(page);
 
 	if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
-		vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
+		ext3_truncate(inode);
 	return ret ? ret : copied;
 }
 
@@ -1315,14 +1316,14 @@ static int ext3_writeback_write_end(struct file *file,
 	 * There may be allocated blocks outside of i_size because
 	 * we failed to copy some data. Prepare for truncate.
 	 */
-	if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
+	if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 	ret = ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);
 
 	if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
-		vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
+		ext3_truncate(inode);
 	return ret ? ret : copied;
 }
 
@@ -1358,7 +1359,7 @@ static int ext3_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	 * There may be allocated blocks outside of i_size because
 	 * we failed to copy some data. Prepare for truncate.
 	 */
-	if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
+	if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 	EXT3_I(inode)->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_JDATA;
 	if (inode->i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize) {
@@ -1375,7 +1376,7 @@ static int ext3_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	page_cache_release(page);
 
 	if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
-		vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
+		ext3_truncate(inode);
 	return ret ? ret : copied;
 }