diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0eeacd9..6df921f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4785,6 +4785,7 @@
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
+	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	err = btrfs_set_inode_index(dir, &index);
 	if (err)