diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index b2806371bfde..808085eb0cdc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -3190,6 +3190,17 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 	rc = 0;
 
 	if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		if (attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+			/* Stamp before RPC. On failure the stamp remains: restoring a
+			 * stale snapshot could silently erase a concurrent
+			 * _cifsFileInfo_put() close stamp.  readdir is suppressed
+			 * until the stamp expires; stat() bypasses this via the
+			 * from_readdir=false path in is_size_safe_to_change() and
+			 * always returns an authoritative QUERY_INFO result.
+			 * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change().
+			 */
+			smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
+		}
 		rc = cifs_file_set_size(xid, direntry, full_path,
 					open_file, attrs->ia_size);
 		if (rc != 0)
@@ -3279,8 +3290,6 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 
 	if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
 	    attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		/* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
-		smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
 		truncate_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
 		netfs_resize_file(&cifsInode->netfs, attrs->ia_size, true);
 		fscache_resize_cookie(cifs_inode_cookie(inode), attrs->ia_size);
@@ -3370,6 +3379,17 @@ cifs_setattr_nounix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 	}
 
 	if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		if (attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+			/* Stamp before RPC. On failure the stamp remains: restoring a
+			 * stale snapshot could silently erase a concurrent
+			 * _cifsFileInfo_put() close stamp.  readdir is suppressed
+			 * until the stamp expires; stat() bypasses this via the
+			 * from_readdir=false path in is_size_safe_to_change() and
+			 * always returns an authoritative QUERY_INFO result.
+			 * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change().
+			 */
+			smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
+		}
 		rc = cifs_file_set_size(xid, direntry, full_path,
 					cfile, attrs->ia_size);
 		if (rc != 0)
@@ -3482,8 +3502,6 @@ cifs_setattr_nounix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 
 	if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
 	    attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		/* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
-		smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
 		truncate_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
 		netfs_resize_file(&cifsInode->netfs, attrs->ia_size, true);
 		fscache_resize_cookie(cifs_inode_cookie(inode), attrs->ia_size);