diff --git a/src/system/kernel/cache/file_map.cpp b/src/system/kernel/cache/file_map.cpp
index ffeb4ed8cc..ae936a31ae 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/cache/file_map.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/cache/file_map.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ file_map_set_size(void *_map, off_t size)
 
 	// TODO: honour offset/size parameters
 	file_map *map = (file_map *)_map;
-	if (size < map->size)
+//	if (size < map->size)
 		map->Free();
 	map->size = size;
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/fs_shell/file_map.cpp b/src/tools/fs_shell/file_map.cpp
index df81128df5..49dd39d1a6 100644
--- a/src/tools/fs_shell/file_map.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/fs_shell/file_map.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fssh_file_map_set_size(void *_map, fssh_off_t size)
 
 	// TODO: honour offset/size parameters
 	file_map *map = (file_map *)_map;
-	if (size < map->size)
+	//if (size < map->size)
 		map->Free();
 	map->size = size;
 }