diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 19214435b752..3675088cb88c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ int ext2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
-	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE && iattr->ia_size != inode->i_size) {
 		error = ext2_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 7e5030ae18ff..f65f84062db5 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -764,10 +764,11 @@ done2:
 static int shmem_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	loff_t newsize = attr->ia_size;
 	int error;
 
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)) {
-		loff_t newsize = attr->ia_size;
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
+					&& newsize != inode->i_size) {
 		struct page *page = NULL;
 
 		if (newsize < inode->i_size) {