diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 33a0cb5701a3..c7a904a8fbb4 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ static int do_gfs2_set_flags(struct file *filp, u32 reqflags, u32 mask)
 	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &bh);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_trans_end;
+	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	gfs2_trans_add_meta(ip->i_gl, bh);
 	ip->i_diskflags = new_flags;
 	gfs2_dinode_out(ip, bh->b_data);