diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 1bfd1660a66c..9e5223108362 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static int ovl_set_timestamps(struct dentry *upperdentry, struct kstat *stat)
 {
 	struct iattr attr = {
 		.ia_valid =
-		     ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_ATIME_SET | ATTR_MTIME_SET,
+		     ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_ATIME_SET | ATTR_MTIME_SET | ATTR_CTIME,
 		.ia_atime = stat->atime,
 		.ia_mtime = stat->mtime,
 	};