diff --git a/vfs/write.go b/vfs/write.go
index 2f5d039d6..bc8c01677 100644
--- a/vfs/write.go
+++ b/vfs/write.go
@@ -283,11 +283,9 @@ func (fh *WriteFileHandle) Stat() (os.FileInfo, error) {
 
 // Truncate file to given size
 func (fh *WriteFileHandle) Truncate(size int64) (err error) {
+	// defer log.Trace(fh.remote, "size=%d", size)("err=%v", &err)
 	fh.mu.Lock()
 	defer fh.mu.Unlock()
-	if fh.closed {
-		return ECLOSED
-	}
 	if size != fh.offset {
 		fs.Errorf(fh.remote, "WriteFileHandle: Truncate: Can't change size without --vfs-cache-mode >= writes")
 		return EPERM