diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e2df8fd1eb0..4d690e33446 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -244,21 +244,21 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user * path, loff_t length)
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
-	error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_WRITE);
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
-	error = -EROFS;
-	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
-		goto dput_and_out;
+	error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_WRITE);
+	if (error)
+		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
 	error = -EPERM;
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-		goto dput_and_out;
+		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
 	error = get_write_access(inode);
 	if (error)
-		goto dput_and_out;
+		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that there are no leases.  get_write_access() protects
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user * path, loff_t length)
 
 put_write_and_out:
 	put_write_access(inode);
+mnt_drop_write_and_out:
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 dput_and_out:
 	path_put(&nd.path);
 out: