diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 118216419cef5e98dbdbf83fe7f9c99ee91f92a0..6e600abf694a20f327a7a025c670954002745453 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ static long __gfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t
 
 	if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) && (pos + count) > inode->i_size) {
 		i_size_write(inode, pos + count);
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		/* Marks the inode as dirty */
+		file_update_time(file);
 	}
 
 	return generic_write_sync(file, pos, count);