diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index adbfcd86c81b..c38e4c2e1221 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ void generic_fillattr(struct inode *inode, struct kstat *stat)
 	stat->ctime = inode->i_ctime;
 	stat->blksize = i_blocksize(inode);
 	stat->blocks = inode->i_blocks;
-
-	if (IS_NOATIME(inode))
-		stat->result_mask &= ~STATX_ATIME;
-	if (IS_AUTOMOUNT(inode))
-		stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_AUTOMOUNT;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_fillattr);
 
@@ -75,6 +70,13 @@ int vfs_getattr_nosec(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 	stat->result_mask |= STATX_BASIC_STATS;
 	request_mask &= STATX_ALL;
 	query_flags &= KSTAT_QUERY_FLAGS;
+
+	/* allow the fs to override these if it really wants to */
+	if (IS_NOATIME(inode))
+		stat->result_mask &= ~STATX_ATIME;
+	if (IS_AUTOMOUNT(inode))
+		stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_AUTOMOUNT;
+
 	if (inode->i_op->getattr)
 		return inode->i_op->getattr(path, stat, request_mask,
 					    query_flags);