diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 1c1b1d71b82b..19d50f600e8d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -414,13 +414,19 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 
 	/*
 	 * The size case is special, it changes the file in addition to the
-	 * attributes.
+	 * attributes, and file systems don't expect it to be mixed with
+	 * "random" attribute changes.  We thus split out the size change
+	 * into a separate call to ->setattr, and do the rest as a separate
+	 * setattr call.
 	 */
 	if (size_change) {
 		err = nfsd_get_write_access(rqstp, fhp, iap);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
+	}
 
+	fh_lock(fhp);
+	if (size_change) {
 		/*
 		 * RFC5661, Section 18.30.4:
 		 *   Changing the size of a file with SETATTR indirectly
@@ -428,16 +434,30 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 		 *
 		 * (and similar for the older RFCs)
 		 */
-		if (iap->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
-			iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_MTIME;
+		struct iattr size_attr = {
+			.ia_valid	= ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME | ATTR_MTIME,
+			.ia_size	= iap->ia_size,
+		};
+
+		host_err = notify_change(dentry, &size_attr, NULL);
+		if (host_err)
+			goto out_unlock;
+		iap->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+
+		/*
+		 * Avoid the additional setattr call below if the only other
+		 * attribute that the client sends is the mtime, as we update
+		 * it as part of the size change above.
+		 */
+		if ((iap->ia_valid & ~ATTR_MTIME) == 0)
+			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_CTIME;
-
-	fh_lock(fhp);
 	host_err = notify_change(dentry, iap, NULL);
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
 
+out_unlock:
+	fh_unlock(fhp);
 	if (size_change)
 		put_write_access(inode);
 out: