diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index f1b2a1fc2a6a..18a50a46b57f 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -329,22 +329,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_truncate_time);
 
 int fat_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *now, int flags)
 {
-	int iflags = I_DIRTY_TIME;
-	bool dirty = false;
+	int dirty_flags = 0;
 
 	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO)
 		return 0;
 
-	fat_truncate_time(inode, now, flags);
-	if (flags & S_VERSION)
-		dirty = inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false);
-	if ((flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) &&
-	    !(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME))
-		dirty = true;
+	if (flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) {
+		fat_truncate_time(inode, now, flags);
+		if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME)
+			dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
+		else
+			dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
+	}
 
-	if (dirty)
-		iflags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
-	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, iflags);
+	if ((flags & S_VERSION) && inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false))
+		dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
+
+	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, dirty_flags);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_update_time);