diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index dd9c93b5a9d53a0f1da5123602b9aeb086df2240..7886176232c1153bdf1c6caec7edfab64f541d4c 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2473,6 +2473,14 @@ long do_mount(const char *dev_name, const char *dir_name,
 	if (flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
 
+	/* The default atime for remount is preservation */
+	if ((flags & MS_REMOUNT) &&
+	    ((flags & (MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME |
+		       MS_STRICTATIME)) == 0)) {
+		mnt_flags &= ~MNT_ATIME_MASK;
+		mnt_flags |= path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_ATIME_MASK;
+	}
+
 	flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE | MS_BORN |
 		   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME| MS_KERNMOUNT |
 		   MS_STRICTATIME);