diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 7cb048a3b3bd..ec41a11e2f8f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -2335,6 +2335,22 @@ struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_time);
 
+/**
+ * inode_set_ctime_current - set the ctime to current_time
+ * @inode: inode
+ *
+ * Set the inode->i_ctime to the current value for the inode. Returns
+ * the current value that was assigned to i_ctime.
+ */
+struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime_current(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct timespec64 now = current_time(inode);
+
+	inode_set_ctime(inode, now.tv_sec, now.tv_nsec);
+	return now;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_set_ctime_current);
+
 /**
  * in_group_or_capable - check whether caller is CAP_FSETID privileged
  * @mnt_userns: user namespace of the mount @inode was found from
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6bba7a58c95c..6f287fac0ece 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1722,7 +1722,50 @@ static inline bool fsuidgid_has_mapping(struct super_block *sb,
 	       kgid_has_mapping(fs_userns, kgid);
 }
 
-extern struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode);
+struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode);
+struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime_current(struct inode *inode);
+
+/**
+ * inode_get_ctime - fetch the current ctime from the inode
+ * @inode: inode from which to fetch ctime
+ *
+ * Grab the current ctime from the inode and return it.
+ */
+static inline struct timespec64 inode_get_ctime(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode->i_ctime;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_set_ctime_to_ts - set the ctime in the inode
+ * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime
+ * @ts: value to set in the ctime field
+ *
+ * Set the ctime in @inode to @ts
+ */
+static inline struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime_to_ts(struct inode *inode,
+						      struct timespec64 ts)
+{
+	inode->i_ctime = ts;
+	return ts;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_set_ctime - set the ctime in the inode
+ * @inode: inode in which to set the ctime
+ * @sec: tv_sec value to set
+ * @nsec: tv_nsec value to set
+ *
+ * Set the ctime in @inode to { @sec, @nsec }
+ */
+static inline struct timespec64 inode_set_ctime(struct inode *inode,
+						time64_t sec, long nsec)
+{
+	struct timespec64 ts = { .tv_sec  = sec,
+				 .tv_nsec = nsec };
+
+	return inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, ts);
+}
 
 /*
  * Snapshotting support.