diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index a771273fba7e..8dada89bbe4d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1375,7 +1375,6 @@ int ubifs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time,
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
 			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8) };
-	int iflags = I_DIRTY_TIME;
 	int err, release;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT))
@@ -1393,11 +1392,8 @@ int ubifs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time,
 	if (flags & S_MTIME)
 		inode->i_mtime = *time;
 
-	if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME))
-		iflags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
-
 	release = ui->dirty;
-	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, iflags);
+	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
 	mutex_unlock(&ui->ui_mutex);
 	if (release)
 		ubifs_release_budget(c, &req);