diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 1807e7a8d1d7..9f8a26b7cf41 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ int btrfs_truncate_block(struct btrfs_inode *inode, loff_t from, loff_t len,
 int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       struct btrfs_root *root,
 			       struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 new_size,
-			       u32 min_type);
+			       u32 min_type, u64 *extents_found);
 
 int btrfs_start_delalloc_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				  bool in_reclaim_context);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index e54466fc101f..c72032224d46 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ int btrfs_truncate_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * need to check for -EAGAIN.
 	 */
 	ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, BTRFS_I(inode),
-					 0, BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
+					 0, BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 64ddad66ded0..abb181b83947 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4466,6 +4466,11 @@ static int btrfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
  * @min_type:		The minimum key type to remove. All keys with a type
  *			greater than this value are removed and all keys with
  *			this type are removed only if their offset is >= @new_size.
+ * @extents_found:	Output parameter that will contain the number of file
+ *			extent items that were removed or adjusted to the new
+ *			inode i_size. The caller is responsible for initializing
+ *			the counter. Also, it can be NULL if the caller does not
+ *			need this counter.
  *
  * Remove all keys associated with the inode from the given root that have a key
  * with a type greater than or equals to @min_type. When @min_type has a value of
@@ -4479,7 +4484,8 @@ static int btrfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       struct btrfs_root *root,
 			       struct btrfs_inode *inode,
-			       u64 new_size, u32 min_type)
+			       u64 new_size, u32 min_type,
+			       u64 *extents_found)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
@@ -4625,6 +4631,9 @@ int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		if (found_type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY)
 			goto delete;
 
+		if (extents_found != NULL)
+			(*extents_found)++;
+
 		if (extent_type != BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_INLINE) {
 			u64 num_dec;
 
@@ -5460,7 +5469,7 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		trans->block_rsv = rsv;
 
 		ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, BTRFS_I(inode),
-						 0, 0);
+						 0, 0, NULL);
 		trans->block_rsv = &fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
 		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 		btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(fs_info);
@@ -8671,6 +8680,7 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, bool skip_writeback)
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	u64 mask = fs_info->sectorsize - 1;
 	u64 min_size = btrfs_calc_metadata_size(fs_info, 1);
+	u64 extents_found = 0;
 
 	if (!skip_writeback) {
 		ret = btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, inode->i_size & (~mask),
@@ -8728,20 +8738,13 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, bool skip_writeback)
 				      min_size, false);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	/*
-	 * So if we truncate and then write and fsync we normally would just
-	 * write the extents that changed, which is a problem if we need to
-	 * first truncate that entire inode.  So set this flag so we write out
-	 * all of the extents in the inode to the sync log so we're completely
-	 * safe.
-	 */
-	set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NEEDS_FULL_SYNC, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
 	trans->block_rsv = rsv;
 
 	while (1) {
 		ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, BTRFS_I(inode),
 						 inode->i_size,
-						 BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
+						 BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY,
+						 &extents_found);
 		trans->block_rsv = &fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
 		if (ret != -ENOSPC && ret != -EAGAIN)
 			break;
@@ -8803,6 +8806,22 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, bool skip_writeback)
 	}
 out:
 	btrfs_free_block_rsv(fs_info, rsv);
+	/*
+	 * So if we truncate and then write and fsync we normally would just
+	 * write the extents that changed, which is a problem if we need to
+	 * first truncate that entire inode.  So set this flag so we write out
+	 * all of the extents in the inode to the sync log so we're completely
+	 * safe.
+	 *
+	 * If no extents were dropped or trimmed we don't need to force the next
+	 * fsync to truncate all the inode's items from the log and re-log them
+	 * all. This means the truncate operation did not change the file size,
+	 * or changed it to a smaller size but there was only an implicit hole
+	 * between the old i_size and the new i_size, and there were no prealloc
+	 * extents beyond i_size to drop.
+	 */
+	if (extents_found > 0)
+		set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NEEDS_FULL_SYNC, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index fd6b1f13112e..11e7442e6690 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -4448,7 +4448,8 @@ static int btrfs_log_prealloc_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans,
 							 root->log_root,
 							 inode, truncate_offset,
-							 BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
+							 BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY,
+							 NULL);
 			} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
@@ -5396,7 +5397,7 @@ static int btrfs_log_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					  &inode->runtime_flags);
 				while(1) {
 					ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans,
-						log, inode, 0, 0);
+						log, inode, 0, 0, NULL);
 					if (ret != -EAGAIN)
 						break;
 				}
