diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index fcfddcd44532..42a9a46d7c69 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ int exfat_trim_fs(struct inode *inode, struct fstrim_range *range);
 
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct file_operations exfat_file_operations;
-int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size);
+int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 void exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 12, 0)
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index efef7a9caad8..51de3b3781fa 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int exfat_sanitize_mode(const struct exfat_sb_info *sbi,
 }
 
 /* resize the file length */
-int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
+int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int num_clusters_new, num_clusters_phys;
 	unsigned int last_clu = EXFAT_FREE_CLUSTER;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
 
 	exfat_chain_set(&clu, ei->start_clu, num_clusters_phys, ei->flags);
 
-	if (new_size > 0) {
+	if (i_size_read(inode) > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Truncate FAT chain num_clusters after the first cluster
 		 * num_clusters = min(new, phys);
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
 		ei->start_clu = EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER;
 	}
 
-	i_size_write(inode, new_size);
-
 	if (ei->type == TYPE_FILE)
 		ei->attr |= ATTR_ARCHIVE;
 
@@ -218,7 +216,7 @@ void exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 		goto write_size;
 	}
 
-	err = __exfat_truncate(inode, i_size_read(inode));
+	err = __exfat_truncate(inode);
 	if (err)
 		goto write_size;
 
diff --git a/inode.c b/inode.c
index 4bab1e4f5e56..af305df857df 100644
--- a/inode.c
+++ b/inode.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void exfat_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
 		i_size_write(inode, 0);
 		mutex_lock(&EXFAT_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_lock);
-		__exfat_truncate(inode, 0);
+		__exfat_truncate(inode);
 		mutex_unlock(&EXFAT_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_lock);
 	}