* always changes, when mtime is changed. ctime can be changed on its
         * own, mtime is then not changed, e.g. when a file is renamed.
         */
-       vi->i_ctime = ntfs2utc(si->last_mft_change_time);
+       inode_set_ctime_to_ts(vi, ntfs2utc(si->last_mft_change_time));
        /*
         * Last access to the data within the file. Not changed during a rename
         * for example but changed whenever the file is written to.
        vi->i_gid       = base_vi->i_gid;
        set_nlink(vi, base_vi->i_nlink);
        vi->i_mtime     = base_vi->i_mtime;
-       vi->i_ctime     = base_vi->i_ctime;
+       inode_set_ctime_to_ts(vi, inode_get_ctime(base_vi));
        vi->i_atime     = base_vi->i_atime;
        vi->i_generation = ni->seq_no = base_ni->seq_no;
 
        vi->i_gid       = base_vi->i_gid;
        set_nlink(vi, base_vi->i_nlink);
        vi->i_mtime     = base_vi->i_mtime;
-       vi->i_ctime     = base_vi->i_ctime;
+       inode_set_ctime_to_ts(vi, inode_get_ctime(base_vi));
        vi->i_atime     = base_vi->i_atime;
        vi->i_generation = ni->seq_no = base_ni->seq_no;
        /* Set inode type to zero but preserve permissions. */
         */
        if (!IS_NOCMTIME(VFS_I(base_ni)) && !IS_RDONLY(VFS_I(base_ni))) {
                struct timespec64 now = current_time(VFS_I(base_ni));
+               struct timespec64 ctime = inode_get_ctime(VFS_I(base_ni));
                int sync_it = 0;
 
                if (!timespec64_equal(&VFS_I(base_ni)->i_mtime, &now) ||
-                   !timespec64_equal(&VFS_I(base_ni)->i_ctime, &now))
+                   !timespec64_equal(&ctime, &now))
                        sync_it = 1;
+               inode_set_ctime_to_ts(VFS_I(base_ni), now);
                VFS_I(base_ni)->i_mtime = now;
-               VFS_I(base_ni)->i_ctime = now;
 
                if (sync_it)
                        mark_inode_dirty_sync(VFS_I(base_ni));
        if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME)
                vi->i_mtime = attr->ia_mtime;
        if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME)
-               vi->i_ctime = attr->ia_ctime;
+               inode_set_ctime_to_ts(vi, attr->ia_ctime);
        mark_inode_dirty(vi);
 out:
        return err;
                si->last_data_change_time = nt;
                modified = true;
        }
-       nt = utc2ntfs(vi->i_ctime);
+       nt = utc2ntfs(inode_get_ctime(vi));
        if (si->last_mft_change_time != nt) {
                ntfs_debug("Updating ctime for inode 0x%lx: old = 0x%llx, "
                                "new = 0x%llx", vi->i_ino, (long long)