diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index fbabb90..178b90c 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -845,15 +845,8 @@
 		return err;
 
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
-	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		int error;
-
-		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
 		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-	}
 
 	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);