diff --git a/fs/afs/fsclient.c b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
index ca08c83168f5fbf1f7f6b52c8c3ff769bf70cf04..0b37867b5c202332b66ba5bede2a31e4287a23e0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/fsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
@@ -1515,8 +1515,8 @@ static int afs_fs_setattr_size64(struct afs_fs_cursor *fc, struct iattr *attr)
 
 	xdr_encode_AFS_StoreStatus(&bp, attr);
 
-	*bp++ = 0;				/* position of start of write */
-	*bp++ = 0;
+	*bp++ = htonl(attr->ia_size >> 32);	/* position of start of write */
+	*bp++ = htonl((u32) attr->ia_size);
 	*bp++ = 0;				/* size of write */
 	*bp++ = 0;
 	*bp++ = htonl(attr->ia_size >> 32);	/* new file length */
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ static int afs_fs_setattr_size(struct afs_fs_cursor *fc, struct iattr *attr)
 
 	xdr_encode_AFS_StoreStatus(&bp, attr);
 
-	*bp++ = 0;				/* position of start of write */
+	*bp++ = htonl(attr->ia_size);		/* position of start of write */
 	*bp++ = 0;				/* size of write */
 	*bp++ = htonl(attr->ia_size);		/* new file length */
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/yfsclient.c b/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
index 5aa57929e8c23559c41b8a875f3ea2db43a364dc..6e97a42d24d130471a97a28510ec3712605c50cd 100644
--- a/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/yfsclient.c
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ static int yfs_fs_setattr_size(struct afs_fs_cursor *fc, struct iattr *attr)
 	bp = xdr_encode_u32(bp, 0); /* RPC flags */
 	bp = xdr_encode_YFSFid(bp, &vnode->fid);
 	bp = xdr_encode_YFS_StoreStatus(bp, attr);
-	bp = xdr_encode_u64(bp, 0);		/* position of start of write */
+	bp = xdr_encode_u64(bp, attr->ia_size);	/* position of start of write */
 	bp = xdr_encode_u64(bp, 0);		/* size of write */
 	bp = xdr_encode_u64(bp, attr->ia_size);	/* new file length */
 	yfs_check_req(call, bp);