diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index e0c4ba39a377..64e295e8ff38 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ extern int fat_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			  int datasync);
 
 /* fat/inode.c */
+extern int fat_block_truncate_page(struct inode *inode, loff_t from);
 extern void fat_attach(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_pos);
 extern void fat_detach(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode *fat_iget(struct super_block *sb, loff_t i_pos);
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 85f79a89e747..8429c68e3057 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ int fat_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	}
 
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		error = fat_block_truncate_page(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
 		down_write(&MSDOS_I(inode)->truncate_lock);
 		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, attr->ia_size);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 756aead10d96..7b41a2dcdd76 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@ static sector_t _fat_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 	return blocknr;
 }
 
+/*
+ * fat_block_truncate_page() zeroes out a mapping from file offset `from'
+ * up to the end of the block which corresponds to `from'.
+ * This is required during truncate to physically zeroout the tail end
+ * of that block so it doesn't yield old data if the file is later grown.
+ * Also, avoid causing failure from fsx for cases of "data past EOF"
+ */
+int fat_block_truncate_page(struct inode *inode, loff_t from)
+{
+	return block_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, from, fat_get_block);
+}
+
 static const struct address_space_operations fat_aops = {
 	.readpage	= fat_readpage,
 	.readpages	= fat_readpages,