diff --git a/src/journal/journald-file.c b/src/journal/journald-file.c
index 0e698e329b..9337925ffd 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-file.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-file.c
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ static int journald_file_truncate(JournalFile *f) {
         f->header->arena_size = htole64(p - le64toh(f->header->header_size));
 
         if (ftruncate(f->fd, p) < 0)
-                log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to truncate %s: %m", f->path);
+                return log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to truncate %s: %m", f->path);
 
-        return 0;
+        return journal_file_fstat(f);
 }
 
 static int journald_file_entry_array_punch_hole(JournalFile *f, uint64_t p, uint64_t n_entries) {