diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index c7062c896d7c..d5ec360e332d 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2318,6 +2318,12 @@ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	loff_t size;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Update file times before taking page lock. We may end up failing the
+	 * fault so this update may be superfluous but who really cares...
+	 */
+	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
+
 	lock_page(page);
 	size = i_size_read(inode);
 	if ((page->mapping != inode->i_mapping) ||