1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 4bb28d218eb5..70da7a0981bf 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -515,7 +515,12 @@ static void shmem_truncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end)
                         size = SHMEM_NR_DIRECT;
                 nr_swaps_freed = shmem_free_swp(ptr+idx, ptr+size);
         }
-        if (!topdir)
+
+        /*
+         * If there are no indirect blocks or we are punching a hole
+         * below indirect blocks, nothing to be done.
+         */
+        if (!topdir || (punch_hole && (limit <= SHMEM_NR_DIRECT)))
                 goto done2;
 
         BUG_ON(limit <= SHMEM_NR_DIRECT);