diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index bfb1e35eab088..cc1caa26be52d 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 	if (!err && new_size < i_size_read(dentry->d_inode)) {
 		struct iattr newattrs = {
 			.ia_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb),
-			.ia_size = buffer_size,
+			.ia_size = new_size,
 			.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME,
 		};
 		mutex_lock_nested(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);