diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index 4c90ec2fa2ea..c5b2bddb0cee 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -792,7 +792,11 @@ int ntfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		loff_t newsize, oldsize;
-
+		/* Prevent size changes on NTFS system files */
+		if (ni->mi.rno < MFT_REC_FREE) {
+			err = -EPERM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (WARN_ON(ni->ni_flags & NI_FLAG_COMPRESSED_MASK)) {
 			/* Should never be here, see ntfs_file_open(). */
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 3959f23c487a..180cd984339b 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ static struct inode *ntfs_read_mft(struct inode *inode,
 		/* Records in $Extend are not a files or general directories. */
 		inode->i_op = &ntfs_file_inode_operations;
 		mode = S_IFREG;
+		init_rwsem(&ni->file.run_lock);
 	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;