diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index f8c8456dae..c46a12073a 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1082,6 +1082,9 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_FUNC([set_nlink],
 				     [#include <linux/fs.h>],
 				     [set_nlink(NULL, 1);])
+		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_FUNC([setattr_prepare],
+				     [#include <linux/fs.h>],
+				     [setattr_prepare(NULL, NULL);])
 		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_FUNC([sock_create_kern],
 				     [#include <linux/net.h>],
 				     [sock_create_kern(0, 0, 0, NULL);])
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_file.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_file.c
index c125c1ca7b..e211c055fa 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_file.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_file.c
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@ osi_UFSTruncate(struct osi_file *afile, afs_int32 asize)
     newattrs.ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
     /* avoid notify_change() since it wants to update dentry->d_parent */
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SETATTR_PREPARE
+    code = setattr_prepare(file_dentry(afile->filp), &newattrs);
+#else
     code = inode_change_ok(inode, &newattrs);
+#endif
     if (!code)
 	code = afs_inode_setattr(afile, &newattrs);
     if (!code)