diff --git a/include/linux/quotaops.h b/include/linux/quotaops.h
index 7a57c28eb5e7..1f350238445c 100644
--- a/include/linux/quotaops.h
+++ b/include/linux/quotaops.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static inline struct quota_info *sb_dqopt(struct super_block *sb)
 /* i_mutex must being held */
 static inline bool is_quota_modification(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *ia)
 {
-	return (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE && ia->ia_size != inode->i_size) ||
+	return (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) ||
 		(ia->ia_valid & ATTR_UID && !uid_eq(ia->ia_uid, inode->i_uid)) ||
 		(ia->ia_valid & ATTR_GID && !gid_eq(ia->ia_gid, inode->i_gid));
 }