diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 82b17d7fc93f..7e54c31589c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	error = __ext2_set_acl(inode, acl, type);
 	if (!error && update_mode) {
 		inode->i_mode = mode;
-		inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+		inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 42db804794bd..b335f17f682f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ int ext2_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de,
 	ext2_set_de_type(de, inode);
 	ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, len);
 	if (update_times)
-		dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
+		dir->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(dir);
 	EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	return ext2_handle_dirsync(dir);
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ got_it:
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
 	ext2_set_de_type (de, inode);
 	ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, rec_len);
-	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
+	dir->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(dir);
 	EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	err = ext2_handle_dirsync(dir);
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ int ext2_delete_entry(struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *dir, struct page *page)
 		pde->rec_len = ext2_rec_len_to_disk(to - from);
 	dir->inode = 0;
 	ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, to - from);
-	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	EXT2_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return ext2_handle_dirsync(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index a4e1d7a9c544..124df89689e1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ got:
 
 	inode->i_ino = ino;
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	memset(ei->i_data, 0, sizeof(ei->i_data));
 	ei->i_flags =
 		ext2_mask_flags(mode, EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT2_FL_INHERITED);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 75983215c7a1..1259995977d2 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static void ext2_splice_branch(struct inode *inode,
 	if (where->bh)
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(where->bh, inode);
 
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static int ext2_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
 	__ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, newsize);
 	filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
 
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	if (inode_needs_sync(inode)) {
 		sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
 		sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
@@ -1409,9 +1409,9 @@ struct inode *ext2_iget (struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	set_nlink(inode, le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count));
 	inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+	inode_set_ctime(inode, (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime), 0);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
-	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = 0;
+	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 	ei->i_dtime = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_dtime);
 	/* We now have enough fields to check if the inode was active or not.
 	 * This is needed because nfsd might try to access dead inodes
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ static int __ext2_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int do_sync)
 	raw_inode->i_links_count = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_nlink);
 	raw_inode->i_size = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_size);
 	raw_inode->i_atime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_atime.tv_sec);
-	raw_inode->i_ctime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+	raw_inode->i_ctime = cpu_to_le32(inode_get_ctime(inode).tv_sec);
 	raw_inode->i_mtime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
 
 	raw_inode->i_blocks = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_blocks);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
index cc87d413eb43..44e04484e570 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int ext2_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		(fa->flags & EXT2_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE);
 
 	ext2_set_inode_flags(inode);
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ long ext2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		}
 
 		inode_lock(inode);
-		inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+		inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 		inode->i_generation = generation;
 		inode_unlock(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 937dd8f60f96..059517068adc 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int ext2_link (struct dentry * old_dentry, struct inode * dir,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 	ihold(inode);
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static int ext2_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
+	inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, inode_get_ctime(dir));
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	err = 0;
 out:
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 		ext2_put_page(new_page, new_de);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dir;
-		new_inode->i_ctime = current_time(new_inode);
+		inode_set_ctime_current(new_inode);
 		if (dir_de)
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 	 * Like most other Unix systems, set the ctime for inodes on a
  	 * rename.
 	 */
-	old_inode->i_ctime = current_time(old_inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(old_inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
 	err = ext2_delete_entry(old_de, old_page);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 2959afc7541c..aaf3e3e88cb2 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ out:
 	if (inode->i_size < off+len-towrite)
 		i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite);
 	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return len - towrite;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 8906ba479aaf..1c9187188d68 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
 
 	/* Update the inode. */
 	EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl = new_bh ? new_bh->b_blocknr : 0;
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode)) {
 		error = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
 		/* In case sync failed due to ENOSPC the inode was actually