diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e96dc3beac95..e1b7cf4b5280 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1298,12 +1298,10 @@ void shmem_unlock_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
 
 static struct folio *shmem_get_partial_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
 {
+	const gfp_t gfp = mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping);
 	struct folio *folio;
 
-	/*
-	 * At first avoid shmem_get_folio(,,,SGP_READ): that fails
-	 * beyond i_size, and reports fallocated folios as holes.
-	 */
+retry:
 	folio = filemap_get_entry(inode->i_mapping, index);
 	if (!folio)
 		return folio;
@@ -1314,13 +1312,14 @@ static struct folio *shmem_get_partial_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
 		/* The folio has been swapped out */
 		folio_unlock(folio);
 		folio_put(folio);
+		goto retry;
 	}
 	/*
-	 * But read a folio back from swap if any of it is within i_size
-	 * (although in some cases this is just a waste of time).
+	 * Truncation can look up a large swap entry at or beyond i_size.
+	 * Swap it in directly to bypass the size check in shmem_get_folio().
 	 */
-	folio = NULL;
-	shmem_get_folio(inode, index, 0, &folio, SGP_READ);
+	if (shmem_swapin_folio(inode, index, &folio, SGP_READ, gfp, NULL, NULL) == -EEXIST)
+		goto retry;
 	return folio;
 }