diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index f92b9e62d567..4dd97afa536c 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static struct afs_read *afs_read_dir(struct afs_vnode *dvnode, struct key *key)
 	loff_t i_size;
 	int nr_pages, i;
 	int ret;
+	loff_t remote_size = 0;
 
 	_enter("");
 
@@ -289,6 +290,8 @@ static struct afs_read *afs_read_dir(struct afs_vnode *dvnode, struct key *key)
 
 expand:
 	i_size = i_size_read(&dvnode->netfs.inode);
+	if (i_size < remote_size)
+	    i_size = remote_size;
 	if (i_size < 2048) {
 		ret = afs_bad(dvnode, afs_file_error_dir_small);
 		goto error;
@@ -364,6 +367,7 @@ expand:
 			 * buffer.
 			 */
 			up_write(&dvnode->validate_lock);
+			remote_size = req->file_size;
 			goto expand;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index b1bdffd5e888..866bab860a88 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static void afs_apply_status(struct afs_operation *op,
 			set_bit(AFS_VNODE_ZAP_DATA, &vnode->flags);
 		}
 		change_size = true;
+		data_changed = true;
 	} else if (vnode->status.type == AFS_FTYPE_DIR) {
 		/* Expected directory change is handled elsewhere so
 		 * that we can locally edit the directory and save on a
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ static void afs_get_inode_cache(struct afs_vnode *vnode)
 				    0 : FSCACHE_ADV_SINGLE_CHUNK,
 				    &key, sizeof(key),
 				    &aux, sizeof(aux),
-				    vnode->status.size));
+				    i_size_read(&vnode->netfs.inode)));
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -776,6 +777,13 @@ int afs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
 		if (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_SILLY_DELETED, &vnode->flags) &&
 		    stat->nlink > 0)
 			stat->nlink -= 1;
+
+		/* Lie about the size of directories.  We maintain a locally
+		 * edited copy and may make different allocation decisions on
+		 * it, but we need to give userspace the server's size.
+		 */
+		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+			stat->size = vnode->netfs.remote_i_size;
 	} while (need_seqretry(&vnode->cb_lock, seq));
 
 	done_seqretry(&vnode->cb_lock, seq);