--- linux/fs/reiserfs/stree.c.orig      Mon Feb 11 09:14:42 2002
+++ linux/fs/reiserfs/stree.c   Mon Feb 11 09:14:09 2002
@@ -1700,6 +1700,10 @@
    }

    if ( n_file_size == 0 || n_file_size < n_new_file_size ) {
+       if (update_timestamps) {
+           p_s_inode->i_mtime = p_s_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+           reiserfs_update_sd(th, p_s_inode) ;
+       }
       pathrelse(&s_search_path);
       return;
    }