1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index 30f6f905..9a7bce9c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -568,8 +568,9 @@ int _alpm_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 								"%s\n\n", info->packager);
 			}
 			if(info->size) {
+				/* only write installed size, csize is irrelevant once installed */
 				fprintf(fp, "%%SIZE%%\n"
-								"%lu\n\n", info->size);
+								"%lu\n\n", info->isize);
 			}
 			if(info->reason) {
 				fprintf(fp, "%%REASON%%\n"