diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index b8299173ea7e..c6931eab3f97 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -157,10 +157,13 @@ static int cifs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_XATTR)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (pTcon->ses->server->ops->set_EA)
+		if (pTcon->ses->server->ops->set_EA) {
 			rc = pTcon->ses->server->ops->set_EA(xid, pTcon,
 				full_path, name, value, (__u16)size,
 				cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_sb);
+			if (rc == 0)
+				inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+		}
 		break;
 
 	case XATTR_CIFS_ACL: