diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c5ccec23984c..4bbceb928aff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3370,6 +3370,8 @@ int btrfs_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t oldsize, loff_t size)
 
 static int btrfs_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
 {
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	loff_t oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3377,16 +3379,20 @@ static int btrfs_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (newsize > oldsize) {
-		i_size_write(inode, newsize);
-		btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, i_size_read(inode), NULL);
 		truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, newsize);
 		ret = btrfs_cont_expand(inode, oldsize, newsize);
-		if (ret) {
-			btrfs_setsize(inode, oldsize);
+		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-		}
 
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+		if (IS_ERR(trans))
+			return PTR_ERR(trans);
+
+		i_size_write(inode, newsize);
+		btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, i_size_read(inode), NULL);
+		ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+
+		btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
 	} else {
 
 		/*