btrfs_drew_write_unlock(&inode->root->snapshot_lock);
 }
 
+static void update_time_for_write(struct inode *inode)
+{
+       struct timespec64 now, ctime;
+
+       if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
+               return;
+
+       now = current_time(inode);
+       if (!timespec64_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now))
+               inode->i_mtime = now;
+
+       ctime = inode_get_ctime(inode);
+       if (!timespec64_equal(&ctime, &now))
+               inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, now);
+
+       if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
+               inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+}
+
 static int btrfs_write_check(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
                             size_t count)
 {
         * need to start yet another transaction to update the inode as we will
         * update the inode when we finish writing whatever data we write.
         */
-       if (!IS_NOCMTIME(inode)) {
-               inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
-               inode_inc_iversion(inode);
-       }
+       update_time_for_write(inode);
 
        start_pos = round_down(pos, fs_info->sectorsize);
        oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
 
        .name           = "btrfs",
        .mount          = btrfs_mount,
        .kill_sb        = btrfs_kill_super,
-       .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA | FS_MGTIME,
+       .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA,
 };
 
 static struct file_system_type btrfs_root_fs_type = {
        .name           = "btrfs",
        .mount          = btrfs_mount_root,
        .kill_sb        = btrfs_kill_super,
-       .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA |
-                         FS_ALLOW_IDMAP | FS_MGTIME,
+       .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
 };
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("btrfs");