diff --git a/shm.c b/shm.c
index a222175a..29dd7672 100644
--- a/shm.c
+++ b/shm.c
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ get_new_buffers(struct buffer_chain *chain, size_t count,
     }
 
 #if defined(MEMFD_CREATE)
-    /* Seal file - we no longer allow any kind of resizing */
+    /* Seal file - we no longer allow shrinking */
     /* TODO: wayland mmaps(PROT_WRITE), for some unknown reason, hence we cannot use F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE */
     if (fcntl(pool_fd, F_ADD_SEALS,
-              F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_SHRINK | /*F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE |*/ F_SEAL_SEAL) < 0)
+              F_SEAL_SHRINK | /*F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE |*/ F_SEAL_SEAL) < 0)
     {
         LOG_ERRNO("failed to seal SHM backing memory file");
         /* This is not a fatal error */