diff --git a/weed/mount/filehandle.go b/weed/mount/filehandle.go
index 77468adbc0..6293797254 100644
--- a/weed/mount/filehandle.go
+++ b/weed/mount/filehandle.go
@@ -250,6 +250,15 @@ func (fh *FileHandle) noteTruncate(size uint64) {
 	fh.truncatedTo.Store(&truncateMark{base: base, size: int64(size)})
 }
 
+// adoptPeerBase moves a dirty handle's base to a peer's entry. A truncate the
+// handle has not published yet still applies over the new base.
+func (fh *FileHandle) adoptPeerBase(base *filer_pb.Entry) {
+	old := fh.baseEntry.Swap(base)
+	if m := fh.truncatedTo.Load(); m != nil && m.base == old {
+		fh.truncatedTo.Store(&truncateMark{base: base, size: m.size})
+	}
+}
+
 // truncatedSince is the lowest size truncated to over base, or -1.
 func (fh *FileHandle) truncatedSince(base *filer_pb.Entry) int64 {
 	if m := fh.truncatedTo.Load(); m != nil && m.base == base {
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs.go b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
index 3a6633c96f..dd7f7271c9 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) invalidateOpenFileHandle(invalidation meta_cache.EntryInvalidati
 	if contentChanged && fh.dirtyMetadata && sameContentFile(candidate, base) {
 		// An unmergeable change keeps the writes; the flush reports it.
 		if fh.mergePeerContent(candidate, base) {
-			fh.baseEntry.Store(proto.Clone(candidate).(*filer_pb.Entry))
+			fh.adoptPeerBase(proto.Clone(candidate).(*filer_pb.Entry))
 			fh.advanceEntryVersion(candidateTsNs, 0)
 		}
 		return
@@ -1063,8 +1063,10 @@ func (wfs *WFS) invalidateOpenFileHandle(invalidation meta_cache.EntryInvalidati
 	}
 	if contentChanged || !fh.dirtyMetadata {
 		fh.SetEntry(candidate)
+		fh.baseEntry.Store(proto.Clone(candidate).(*filer_pb.Entry))
+	} else {
+		fh.adoptPeerBase(proto.Clone(candidate).(*filer_pb.Entry))
 	}
-	fh.baseEntry.Store(proto.Clone(candidate).(*filer_pb.Entry))
 	fh.advanceEntryVersion(candidateTsNs, 0)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_invalidate_open_handle_test.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_invalidate_open_handle_test.go
index a13aff42b4..7aa6c154b3 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_invalidate_open_handle_test.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_invalidate_open_handle_test.go
@@ -2159,3 +2159,38 @@ func TestUnmergeablePeerChangeKeepsDirtyHandle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("base %v moved to the peer's entry", base)
 	}
 }
+
+// A peer event that moves a dirty handle's base keeps its unpublished
+// truncate, so a later merge still clips peer chunks at it.
+func TestPeerEventKeepsPendingTruncate(t *testing.T) {
+	wfs := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+
+	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup(util.FullPath("/dir/file"), time.Now().Unix(), false, false, 0, false)
+	fh, _, _, _ := wfs.fhMap.AcquireFileHandle(wfs, inode, flushConditionEntry(1, 2), 0, 0)
+	fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+	fh.noteTruncate(1)
+
+	chmod := flushConditionEntry(1, 2)
+	chmod.Attributes.FileMode = 0600
+	resp := &filer_pb.SubscribeMetadataResponse{
+		Directory: "/dir",
+		TsNs:      1500,
+		EventNotification: &filer_pb.EventNotification{
+			OldEntry:      flushConditionEntry(1, 2),
+			NewEntry:      chmod,
+			NewParentPath: "/dir",
+		},
+	}
+	if err := wfs.metaCache.ApplyMetadataResponse(context.Background(), resp, meta_cache.SubscriberMetadataResponseApplyOptions); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("apply: %v", err)
+	}
+	wfs.metaCache.WaitForEntryInvalidations()
+
+	base := fh.baseEntry.Load()
+	if base.GetAttributes().GetFileMode() != 0600 {
+		t.Fatalf("base %v did not move to the peer's entry", base)
+	}
+	if got := fh.truncatedSince(base); got != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("pending truncate %d after the base moved, want 1", got)
+	}
+}