diff --git a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
index 5c1334e6bc81..8526b7ec4707 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
@@ -1462,16 +1462,82 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * inode_fix_size - fix inode size
+ * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
+ * @e: inode size information for recovery
+ */
+static int inode_fix_size(struct ubifs_info *c, struct size_entry *e)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct ubifs_inode *ui;
+	int err;
+
+	if (c->ro_mount)
+		ubifs_assert(c, !e->inode);
+
+	if (e->inode) {
+		/* Remounting rw, pick up inode we stored earlier */
+		inode = e->inode;
+	} else {
+		inode = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, e->inum);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode))
+			return PTR_ERR(inode);
+
+		if (inode->i_size >= e->d_size) {
+			/*
+			 * The original inode in the index already has a size
+			 * big enough, nothing to do
+			 */
+			iput(inode);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		dbg_rcvry("ino %lu size %lld -> %lld",
+			  (unsigned long)e->inum,
+			  inode->i_size, e->d_size);
+
+		ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
+
+		inode->i_size = e->d_size;
+		ui->ui_size = e->d_size;
+		ui->synced_i_size = e->d_size;
+
+		e->inode = inode;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * In readonly mode just keep the inode pinned in memory until we go
+	 * readwrite. In readwrite mode write the inode to the journal with the
+	 * fixed size.
+	 */
+	if (c->ro_mount)
+		return 0;
+
+	err = ubifs_jnl_write_inode(c, inode);
+
+	iput(inode);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	rb_erase(&e->rb, &c->size_tree);
+	kfree(e);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * ubifs_recover_size - recover inode size.
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
+ * @in_place: If true, do a in-place size fixup
  *
  * This function attempts to fix inode size discrepancies identified by the
  * 'ubifs_recover_size_accum()' function.
  *
  * This functions returns %0 on success and a negative error code on failure.
  */
-int ubifs_recover_size(struct ubifs_info *c)
+int ubifs_recover_size(struct ubifs_info *c, bool in_place)
 {
 	struct rb_node *this = rb_first(&c->size_tree);
 
@@ -1480,6 +1546,9 @@ int ubifs_recover_size(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		int err;
 
 		e = rb_entry(this, struct size_entry, rb);
+
+		this = rb_next(this);
+
 		if (!e->exists) {
 			union ubifs_key key;
 
@@ -1503,40 +1572,26 @@ int ubifs_recover_size(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		}
 
 		if (e->exists && e->i_size < e->d_size) {
-			if (c->ro_mount) {
-				/* Fix the inode size and pin it in memory */
-				struct inode *inode;
-				struct ubifs_inode *ui;
+			ubifs_assert(c, !(c->ro_mount && in_place));
 
-				ubifs_assert(c, !e->inode);
+			/*
+			 * We found data that is outside the found inode size,
+			 * fixup the inode size
+			 */
 
-				inode = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, e->inum);
-				if (IS_ERR(inode))
-					return PTR_ERR(inode);
-
-				ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
-				if (inode->i_size < e->d_size) {
-					dbg_rcvry("ino %lu size %lld -> %lld",
-						  (unsigned long)e->inum,
-						  inode->i_size, e->d_size);
-					inode->i_size = e->d_size;
-					ui->ui_size = e->d_size;
-					ui->synced_i_size = e->d_size;
-					e->inode = inode;
-					this = rb_next(this);
-					continue;
-				}
-				iput(inode);
-			} else {
-				/* Fix the size in place */
+			if (in_place) {
 				err = fix_size_in_place(c, e);
 				if (err)
 					return err;
 				iput(e->inode);
+			} else {
+				err = inode_fix_size(c, e);
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+				continue;
 			}
 		}
 
-		this = rb_next(this);
 		rb_erase(&e->rb, &c->size_tree);
 		kfree(e);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 2722ca077d23..e2964ce81dee 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1378,12 +1378,21 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		}
 
 		if (c->need_recovery) {
-			err = ubifs_recover_size(c);
-			if (err)
-				goto out_orphans;
+			if (!ubifs_authenticated(c)) {
+				err = ubifs_recover_size(c, true);
+				if (err)
+					goto out_orphans;
+			}
+
 			err = ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(c);
 			if (err)
 				goto out_orphans;
+
+			if (ubifs_authenticated(c)) {
+				err = ubifs_recover_size(c, false);
+				if (err)
+					goto out_orphans;
+			}
 		} else {
 			err = take_gc_lnum(c);
 			if (err)
@@ -1402,7 +1411,7 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		if (err)
 			goto out_orphans;
 	} else if (c->need_recovery) {
-		err = ubifs_recover_size(c);
+		err = ubifs_recover_size(c, false);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_orphans;
 	} else {
@@ -1629,9 +1638,11 @@ static int ubifs_remount_rw(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		err = ubifs_write_rcvrd_mst_node(c);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
-		err = ubifs_recover_size(c);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
+		if (!ubifs_authenticated(c)) {
+			err = ubifs_recover_size(c, true);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+		}
 		err = ubifs_clean_lebs(c, c->sbuf);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -1697,10 +1708,19 @@ static int ubifs_remount_rw(struct ubifs_info *c)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (c->need_recovery)
+	if (c->need_recovery) {
 		err = ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(c);
-	else
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (ubifs_authenticated(c)) {
+			err = ubifs_recover_size(c, false);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+		}
+	} else {
 		err = ubifs_leb_unmap(c, c->gc_lnum);
+	}
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 504b651b78f1..38401adaa00d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ int ubifs_clean_lebs(struct ubifs_info *c, void *sbuf);
 int ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(struct ubifs_info *c);
 int ubifs_recover_size_accum(struct ubifs_info *c, union ubifs_key *key,
 			     int deletion, loff_t new_size);
-int ubifs_recover_size(struct ubifs_info *c);
+int ubifs_recover_size(struct ubifs_info *c, bool in_place);
 void ubifs_destroy_size_tree(struct ubifs_info *c);
 
 /* ioctl.c */