diff --git a/servers/ext2/link.c b/servers/ext2/link.c
index 5786076c4..9f741aa1d 100644
--- a/servers/ext2/link.c
+++ b/servers/ext2/link.c
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ off_t newsize;			/* inode must become this size */
 	return(EINVAL);
   if (newsize > rip->i_sp->s_max_size)	/* don't let inode grow too big */
 	return(EFBIG);
-  if (rip->i_size == newsize)
-	return(OK);
 
   /* Free the actual space if truncating. */
   if (newsize < rip->i_size) {
diff --git a/servers/mfs/link.c b/servers/mfs/link.c
index 2c499810b..47f6325a4 100644
--- a/servers/mfs/link.c
+++ b/servers/mfs/link.c
@@ -533,8 +533,6 @@ off_t newsize;			/* inode must become this size */
   file_type = rip->i_mode & I_TYPE;	/* check to see if file is special */
   if (file_type == I_CHAR_SPECIAL || file_type == I_BLOCK_SPECIAL)
 	return(EINVAL);
-  if (rip->i_size == newsize)
-	return(OK);
   if (newsize > rip->i_sp->s_max_size)	/* don't let inode grow too big */
 	return(EFBIG);
 
diff --git a/servers/vfs/link.c b/servers/vfs/link.c
index e6bfeb253..c343bce4c 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/link.c
+++ b/servers/vfs/link.c
@@ -310,8 +310,16 @@ int do_truncate()
   if ((vp = eat_path(&resolve, fp)) == NULL) return(err_code);
 
   /* Ask FS to truncate the file */
-  if ((r = forbidden(fp, vp, W_BIT)) == OK)
-	r = truncate_vnode(vp, length);
+  if ((r = forbidden(fp, vp, W_BIT)) == OK) {
+	/* If the file size does not change, do not make the actual call. This
+	 * ensures that the file times are retained when the file size remains
+	 * the same, which is a POSIX requirement.
+	 */
+	if (S_ISREG(vp->v_mode) && vp->v_size == length)
+		r = OK;
+	else
+		r = truncate_vnode(vp, length);
+  }
 
   unlock_vnode(vp);
   unlock_vmnt(vmp);
@@ -326,6 +334,7 @@ int do_ftruncate()
 {
 /* As with do_truncate(), truncate_vnode() does the actual work. */
   struct filp *rfilp;
+  struct vnode *vp;
   int r;
   off_t length;
 
@@ -338,10 +347,18 @@ int do_ftruncate()
   if ((rfilp = get_filp(scratch(fp).file.fd_nr, VNODE_WRITE)) == NULL)
 	return(err_code);
 
+  vp = rfilp->filp_vno;
+
   if (!(rfilp->filp_mode & W_BIT))
 	r = EBADF;
+  else if (S_ISREG(vp->v_mode) && vp->v_size == length)
+	/* If the file size does not change, do not make the actual call. This
+	 * ensures that the file times are retained when the file size remains
+	 * the same, which is a POSIX requirement.
+	 */
+	r = OK;
   else
-	r = truncate_vnode(rfilp->filp_vno, length);
+	r = truncate_vnode(vp, length);
 
   unlock_filp(rfilp);
   return(r);
@@ -361,6 +378,11 @@ off_t newsize;
   assert(tll_locked_by_me(&vp->v_lock));
   file_type = vp->v_mode & I_TYPE;
   if (file_type != I_REGULAR && file_type != I_NAMED_PIPE) return(EINVAL);
+
+  /* We must not compare the old and the new size here: this function may be
+   * called for open(2), which requires an update to the file times if O_TRUNC
+   * is given, even if the file size remains the same.
+   */
   if ((r = req_ftrunc(vp->v_fs_e, vp->v_inode_nr, newsize, 0)) == OK)
 	vp->v_size = newsize;
   return(r);
diff --git a/test/test16.c b/test/test16.c
index 74c420508..2f174479f 100644
--- a/test/test16.c
+++ b/test/test16.c
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ void test16a()
   if (yc != pc) e(39);
   if (ym != pm) e(40);
   if (close(fd) != 0) e(41);
+  /* Try once more, now without changing the file size. */
+  sleep(1);
+  if ( (fd = open("T16.e", O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC)) < 0) e(89);
+  get_times("T16.e", &a, &c, &m);
+  if (c != m) e(90);
+  if (c == xc) e(91);
+  if (m == xm) e(92);
+  if (close(fd) != 0) e(93);
 
   /* Test the times for link/unlink. */
   get_times("T16.e", &a, &c, &m);