diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 480e737436f9..48cfc42db4c7 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -902,6 +902,9 @@ static noinline int ntfs_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	err = ntfs_set_ea(inode, name, name_len, value, size, flags);
 
 out:
+	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
 	return err;
 }