diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 988d8f87bc0f..6d65baf15a14 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -176,14 +176,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
 	struct dentry		*dentry,
 	int			datasync)
 {
-	struct inode		*inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
-	int			error;
-
-	/* capture size updates in I/O completion before writing the inode. */
-	error = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 
 	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 	return -xfs_fsync(ip);