diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index a3e8a8aa70..e0ea1a7446 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -2033,6 +2033,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
     }
 
     if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        /* Always resizes to the exact @offset */
         return raw_regular_truncate(bs, s->fd, offset, prealloc, errp);
     }
 
@@ -2043,7 +2044,12 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
     }
 
     if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
-        if (offset > raw_getlength(bs)) {
+        int64_t cur_length = raw_getlength(bs);
+
+        if (offset != cur_length && exact) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Cannot resize device files");
+            return -ENOTSUP;
+        } else if (offset > cur_length) {
             error_setg(errp, "Cannot grow device files");
             return -EINVAL;
         }
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index 677946cf09..2aea7e3f13 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -2127,6 +2127,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
                                           Error **errp)
 {
     IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
+    int64_t cur_length;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
@@ -2146,7 +2147,11 @@ static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
         return -EIO;
     }
 
-    if (offset > iscsi_getlength(bs)) {
+    cur_length = iscsi_getlength(bs);
+    if (offset != cur_length && exact) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot resize iSCSI devices");
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    } else if (offset > cur_length) {
         error_setg(errp, "Cannot grow iSCSI devices");
         return -EINVAL;
     }