diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 3aa05ee..b4051c9 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -234,12 +234,10 @@
 	if (inode->i_blocks)
 		ext3_truncate(inode);
 	/*
-	 * Kill off the orphan record which ext3_truncate created.
-	 * AKPM: I think this can be inside the above `if'.
-	 * Note that ext3_orphan_del() has to be able to cope with the
-	 * deletion of a non-existent orphan - this is because we don't
-	 * know if ext3_truncate() actually created an orphan record.
-	 * (Well, we could do this if we need to, but heck - it works)
+	 * Kill off the orphan record created when the inode lost the last
+	 * link.  Note that ext3_orphan_del() has to be able to cope with the
+	 * deletion of a non-existent orphan - ext3_truncate() could
+	 * have removed the record.
 	 */
 	ext3_orphan_del(handle, inode);
 	EXT3_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
@@ -890,6 +888,9 @@
 	if (!create || err == -EIO)
 		goto cleanup;
 
+	/*
+	 * Block out ext3_truncate while we alter the tree
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
 
 	/*
@@ -938,9 +939,6 @@
 	 */
 	count = ext3_blks_to_allocate(partial, indirect_blks,
 					maxblocks, blocks_to_boundary);
-	/*
-	 * Block out ext3_truncate while we alter the tree
-	 */
 	err = ext3_alloc_branch(handle, inode, indirect_blks, &count, goal,
 				offsets + (partial - chain), partial);
 
@@ -1849,7 +1847,7 @@
 		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 
 		if (end > isize)
-			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+			ext3_truncate_failed_write(inode);
 	}
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
@@ -1863,7 +1861,7 @@
 			/* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
 			 * but cannot extend i_size. Truncate allocated blocks
 			 * and pretend the write failed... */
-			ext3_truncate(inode);
+			ext3_truncate_failed_write(inode);
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2414,8 +2412,6 @@
 
 int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-		return 0;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return 1;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
@@ -3264,9 +3260,8 @@
 
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
 	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		rc = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (rc)
-			goto err_out;
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		ext3_truncate(inode);
 	}
 
 	setattr_copy(inode, attr);