diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 2f2e0e618072..a7dfbd221a25 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3266,9 +3266,7 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 
 	old_dir->i_size -= BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
 	new_dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
-	old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime =
-	new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime =
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(old_dir);
+	simple_rename_timestamp(old_dir, old_dentry, new_dir, new_dentry);
 	inode_inc_iversion(old_dir);
 	inode_inc_iversion(new_dir);
 	return 0;