diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index eb6d0b7dc879..ff24e4449ece 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -526,6 +526,14 @@ int ufs_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ufs_getfrag_block);
 }
 
+static void ufs_write_failed(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t to)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+
+	if (to > inode->i_size)
+		truncate_pagecache(inode, to, inode->i_size);
+}
+
 static int ufs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -534,11 +542,8 @@ static int ufs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
 				ufs_getfrag_block);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
-		if (pos + len > isize)
-			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
-	}
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		ufs_write_failed(mapping, pos + len);
 
 	return ret;
 }