diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index e9a82ad95c1e..9fd590b9bde3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ int ocfs2_should_update_atime(struct inode *inode,
 	    ((vfsmnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODIRATIME) && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (vfsmnt->mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME) {
+		if ((timespec_compare(&inode->i_atime, &inode->i_mtime) <= 0) ||
+		    (timespec_compare(&inode->i_atime, &inode->i_ctime) <= 0))
+			return 1;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	now = CURRENT_TIME;
 	if ((now.tv_sec - inode->i_atime.tv_sec <= osb->s_atime_quantum))
 		return 0;