diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index a76e0aa5cd3f..391915093fe1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ static int ocfs2_acl_set_mode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	}
 
 	inode->i_mode = new_mode;
+	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	di->i_mode = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_mode);
+	di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+	di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
 
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);