op->dentry      = dentry;
        op->create.mode = S_IFDIR | mode;
        op->create.reason = afs_edit_dir_for_mkdir;
+       op->mtime       = current_time(dir);
        op->ops         = &afs_mkdir_operation;
        return afs_do_sync_operation(op);
 }
        op->dentry      = dentry;
        op->create.mode = S_IFREG | mode;
        op->create.reason = afs_edit_dir_for_create;
+       op->mtime       = current_time(dir);
        op->ops         = &afs_create_operation;
        return afs_do_sync_operation(op);
 
        op->ops                 = &afs_symlink_operation;
        op->create.reason       = afs_edit_dir_for_symlink;
        op->create.symlink      = content;
+       op->mtime               = current_time(dir);
        return afs_do_sync_operation(op);
 
 error: