diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0a31197590d7..4df5e95801b4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4054,6 +4054,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct buffer_head *bh = iloc->bh;
 	int err = 0, rc, block;
+	int need_datasync = 0;
 	uid_t i_uid;
 	gid_t i_gid;
 
@@ -4104,7 +4105,10 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 		raw_inode->i_file_acl_high =
 			cpu_to_le16(ei->i_file_acl >> 32);
 	raw_inode->i_file_acl_lo = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_file_acl);
-	ext4_isize_set(raw_inode, ei->i_disksize);
+	if (ei->i_disksize != ext4_isize(raw_inode)) {
+		ext4_isize_set(raw_inode, ei->i_disksize);
+		need_datasync = 1;
+	}
 	if (ei->i_disksize > 0x7fffffffULL) {
 		struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 		if (!EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
@@ -4157,7 +4161,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 		err = rc;
 	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW);
 
-	ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 0);
+	ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, need_datasync);
 out_brelse:
 	brelse(bh);
 	ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, err);