diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index ba55865caaafc1ab6032db457cf73c0e73946547..1a106572d63eb7cdfbdd07527d3f3e89839c2249 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2323,6 +2323,8 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 					      EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE))
 			new_de->file_type = old_de->file_type;
 		new_dir->i_version++;
+		new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh);
 		brelse(new_bh);