diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 8aa370e8143a750dcc241535bd92a6d48550d60e..7d52e5ef2ac74c2c23a82c46b94b2674a82bee3e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -573,6 +573,9 @@ int ovl_fileattr_set(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(OVL_PROT_I_FLAGS_MASK & ~OVL_COPY_I_FLAGS_MASK);
 		flags |= inode->i_flags & OVL_PROT_I_FLAGS_MASK;
 		inode_set_flags(inode, flags, OVL_COPY_I_FLAGS_MASK);
+
+		/* Update ctime */
+		ovl_copyattr(ovl_inode_real(inode), inode);
 	}
 	ovl_drop_write(dentry);
 out: