diff --git a/exfat/exfat-fuse/main.c b/exfat/exfat-fuse/main.c
index 7f4ac18..0023b9d 100644
--- a/exfat/exfat-fuse/main.c
+++ b/exfat/exfat-fuse/main.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 	#error FUSE 2.6 or later is required
 #endif
 
-const char* default_options = "ro_fallback,allow_other,blkdev,big_writes";
+const char* default_options = "ro_fallback,allow_other,blkdev,big_writes,"
+		"defer_permissions";
 
 struct exfat ef;
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = exfat_truncate(&ef, node, size);
+	rc = exfat_truncate(&ef, node, size, true);
 	exfat_put_node(&ef, node);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -343,19 +344,6 @@
 	return options;
 }
 
-static char* add_fsname_option(char* options, const char* spec)
-{
-	char spec_abs[PATH_MAX];
-
-	if (realpath(spec, spec_abs) == NULL)
-	{
-		free(options);
-		exfat_error("failed to get absolute path for `%s'", spec);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return add_option(options, "fsname", spec_abs);
-}
-
 static char* add_user_option(char* options)
 {
 	struct passwd* pw;
@@ -387,7 +375,7 @@
 
 static char* add_fuse_options(char* options, const char* spec)
 {
-	options = add_fsname_option(options, spec);
+	options = add_option(options, "fsname", spec);
 	if (options == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	options = add_user_option(options);