diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index a7c953821487..52d11931025c 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ static int affs_write_end_ofs(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		tmp = min(bsize - boff, to - from);
 		BUG_ON(boff + tmp > bsize || tmp > bsize);
 		memcpy(AFFS_DATA(bh) + boff, data + from, tmp);
-		be32_add_cpu(&AFFS_DATA_HEAD(bh)->size, tmp);
+		AFFS_DATA_HEAD(bh)->size = cpu_to_be32(
+			max(boff + tmp, be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(bh)->size)));
 		affs_fix_checksum(sb, bh);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, inode);
 		written += tmp;