diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend/file2_allocate_truncate.go b/internal/fusefrontend/file2_allocate_truncate.go
index 9413b90..b504c50 100644
--- a/internal/fusefrontend/file2_allocate_truncate.go
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend/file2_allocate_truncate.go
@@ -84,15 +84,6 @@ func (f *File2) Allocate(ctx context.Context, off uint64, sz uint64, mode uint32
 
 // truncate - called from Setattr.
 func (f *File2) truncate(newSize uint64) (errno syscall.Errno) {
-	f.fdLock.RLock()
-	defer f.fdLock.RUnlock()
-	if f.released {
-		// The file descriptor has been closed concurrently.
-		tlog.Warn.Printf("ino%d fh%d: Truncate on released file", f.qIno.Ino, f.intFd())
-		return syscall.EBADF
-	}
-	f.fileTableEntry.ContentLock.Lock()
-	defer f.fileTableEntry.ContentLock.Unlock()
 	var err error
 	// Common case first: Truncate to zero
 	if newSize == 0 {
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend/file2_setattr.go b/internal/fusefrontend/file2_setattr.go
index c341e53..697e0d9 100644
--- a/internal/fusefrontend/file2_setattr.go
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend/file2_setattr.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
 
 	"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/syscallcompat"
+	"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/tlog"
 )
 
 func (f *File2) Setattr(ctx context.Context, in *fuse.SetAttrIn, out *fuse.AttrOut) (errno syscall.Errno) {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ func (f *File2) setAttr(ctx context.Context, in *fuse.SetAttrIn) (errno syscall.
 	f.fdLock.RLock()
 	defer f.fdLock.RUnlock()
 	if f.released {
+		tlog.Warn.Printf("ino%d fh%d: Truncate on released file", f.qIno.Ino, f.intFd())
 		return syscall.EBADF
 	}
 	f.fileTableEntry.ContentLock.Lock()