diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index aa1eac6d89f2..83122fc5f813 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -452,6 +452,12 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not truncate the file, since atomic_open is called before the
+	 * permission check. The caller will do the truncation afterward.
+	 */
+	flags &= ~O_TRUNC;
+
 	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
 		if (ceph_quota_is_max_files_exceeded(dir))
 			return -EDQUOT;
@@ -490,9 +496,7 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	req->r_parent = dir;
 	set_bit(CEPH_MDS_R_PARENT_LOCKED, &req->r_req_flags);
-	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc,
-				   (flags & (O_CREAT|O_TRUNC)) ? dir : NULL,
-				   req);
+	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, (flags & O_CREAT) ? dir : NULL, req);
 	err = ceph_handle_snapdir(req, dentry, err);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_req;