diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index cbc17a203248..887f9136a9db 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static void encode_sattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const struct iattr *attr,
 	} else
 		p = xdr_time_not_set(p);
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME_SET) {
-		ts = timespec64_to_timespec(attr->ia_atime);
+		ts = timespec64_to_timespec(attr->ia_mtime);
 		xdr_encode_time(p, &ts);
 	} else if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
 		ts = timespec64_to_timespec(attr->ia_mtime);