diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 874c8b329cfe..e3ca04894919 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -3422,8 +3422,14 @@ int reiserfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
 		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		if (!error) {
+			/*
+			 * Could race against reiserfs_file_release
+			 * if called from NFS, so take tailpack mutex.
+			 */
+			mutex_lock(&REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack);
 			truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-			reiserfs_vfs_truncate_file(inode);
+			reiserfs_truncate_file(inode, 1);
+			mutex_unlock(&REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack);
 		}
 	}