diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c b/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
index cbaf6d35e854..d7c7f0305257 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static ssize_t ibmvmc_write(struct file *file, const char *buffer,
 		goto out;
 
 	inode = file_inode(file);
-	inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	dev_dbg(adapter->dev, "write: file = 0x%lx, count = 0x%lx\n",