diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index df9377828e2f..ed59e4a8db59 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ cifs_fattr_to_inode(struct inode *inode, struct cifs_fattr *fattr)
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	/* we do not want atime to be less than mtime, it broke some apps */
-	if (timespec64_compare(&fattr->cf_atime, &fattr->cf_mtime))
+	if (timespec64_compare(&fattr->cf_atime, &fattr->cf_mtime) < 0)
 		inode->i_atime = fattr->cf_mtime;
 	else
 		inode->i_atime = fattr->cf_atime;