diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 8d611696fcad..299e553fcdfd 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ struct inode *fuse_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid,
 
 	if ((inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
 		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
-		if (!fc->writeback_cache || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		if (!fc->writeback_cache || !S_ISREG(attr->mode))
 			inode->i_flags |= S_NOCMTIME;
 		inode->i_generation = generation;
 		inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = &fc->bdi;