diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 209f7f1..24afd74 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2239,16 +2239,10 @@
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *fsdata;
-	unsigned long limit;
 	int err;
 
-	err = -EFBIG;
-        limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
-	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && size > (loff_t)limit) {
-		send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (size > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes)
+	err = inode_newsize_ok(inode, size);
+	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
 	err = pagecache_write_begin(NULL, mapping, size, 0,