diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index eda7919b70a1..d7f6f2d8ac8e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ linvfs_setattr(
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME) {
 		vattr.va_mask |= XFS_AT_ATIME;
 		vattr.va_atime = attr->ia_atime;
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME_SET)
+			inode->i_atime = attr->ia_atime;
 	}
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
 		vattr.va_mask |= XFS_AT_MTIME;