diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index cb70f18..6199922 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 	size_t count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 	loff_t final_size = pos + count;
 
-	if (pos >= inode->i_size)
+	if (pos >= i_size_read(inode))
 		return 0;
 
 	if ((pos & blockmask) || (final_size & blockmask))