diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index e24c0a69ff5d..c84186563c31 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2732,6 +2732,11 @@ out_only_mutex:
 		 * for detecting, at fsync time, if the inode isn't yet in the
 		 * log tree or it's there but not up to date.
 		 */
+		struct timespec64 now = current_time(inode);
+
+		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+		inode->i_mtime = now;
+		inode->i_ctime = now;
 		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(trans);