diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index f8cc49f14c7d..fc6cea60044e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ pack_runs:
 			goto undo_2;
 		}
 
-		if (!is_mft)
+		/* keep runs for $MFT::$ATTR_DATA and $MFT::$ATTR_BITMAP. */
+		if (ni->mi.rno != MFT_REC_MFT)
 			run_truncate_head(run, evcn + 1);
 
 		svcn = le64_to_cpu(attr->nres.svcn);