diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
index 5625e2481dd3..d8d54af1b497 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int set_attr(const char *file, struct hostfs_iattr *attrs, int fd)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(attrs->ia_valid & HOSTFS_ATTR_CTIME) ;
+	/* Note: ctime is not handled */
 	if(attrs->ia_valid & (HOSTFS_ATTR_ATIME | HOSTFS_ATTR_MTIME)){
 		err = stat_file(file, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 				&attrs->ia_atime, &attrs->ia_mtime, NULL,