diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index aada580..e2edff3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -7158,7 +7158,7 @@
 	if (end > i_size_read(inode))
 		end = i_size_read(inode);
 
-	BUG_ON(start >= end);
+	BUG_ON(start > end);
 
 	if (!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) ||
 	    !(le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) ||
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index fcd9706..9148353 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -477,11 +477,6 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	/* lets handle the simple truncate cases before doing any more
-	 * cluster locking. */
-	if (new_i_size == le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size))
-		goto bail;
-
 	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
 	ocfs2_resv_discard(&osb->osb_la_resmap,
@@ -1148,14 +1143,14 @@
 		goto bail_unlock_rw;
 	}
 
-	if (size_change && attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+	if (size_change) {
 		status = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		if (status)
 			goto bail_unlock;
 
 		inode_dio_wait(inode);
 
-		if (i_size_read(inode) > attr->ia_size) {
+		if (i_size_read(inode) >= attr->ia_size) {
 			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
 				status = ocfs2_begin_ordered_truncate(inode,
 								      attr->ia_size);