diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c b/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c
index e6bc60a4..059bda2d 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/fileio.c
@@ -307,6 +307,15 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_file_write(ext2_file_t file, const void *buf,
 	}
 
 fail:
+	/* Update inode size */
+	if (count != 0 && EXT2_I_SIZE(&file->inode) < file->pos) {
+		errcode_t	rc;
+
+		rc = ext2fs_file_set_size2(file, file->pos);
+		if (retval == 0)
+			retval = rc;
+	}
+
 	if (written)
 		*written = count;
 	return retval;