diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 4f5ba75aaa7c67d1d80754e6b0be67f68151dfda..d9c941c0c3cacd26fb051059540673b5e011d967 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static int __init do_name(void)
 			if (wfd >= 0) {
 				sys_fchown(wfd, uid, gid);
 				sys_fchmod(wfd, mode);
+				sys_ftruncate(wfd, body_len);
 				vcollected = kstrdup(collected, GFP_KERNEL);
 				state = CopyFile;
 			}