diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index eee9237386e2..9a16a51fbb88 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec =
 	    fs64_to_cpu(sb, raw_inode->last_modified_time) >> 16;
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;   /* lower 16 bits are not a time */
-	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime;
+	inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime;
 
 	befs_ino->i_inode_num = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, raw_inode->inode_num);