diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 3d833e4010..136ca47510 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-26  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* ar.c (extract_file): Set atime to mtime for ar xo.
+
 2004-10-25  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@wasabisystems.com>
 
 	* stabs.c (stab_demangle_v3_arglist): New static function, broken
diff --git a/binutils/ar.c b/binutils/ar.c
index ab54ace33e..6cc7941db1 100644
--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -935,7 +935,12 @@ extract_file (bfd *abfd)
   chmod (bfd_get_filename (abfd), buf.st_mode);
 
   if (preserve_dates)
-    set_times (bfd_get_filename (abfd), &buf);
+    {
+      /* Set access time to modification time.  Only st_mtime is
+	 initialized by bfd_stat_arch_elt.  */
+      buf.st_atime = buf.st_mtime;
+      set_times (bfd_get_filename (abfd), &buf);
+    }
 
   free (cbuf);
 }