diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b46fd92ef9c1..2ed13742a7e1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e8f077c8831528e2ec1ea6c8ba090e405fdcd0b7
+refs/heads/master: 4c6974f51a981d14f13e36049d6307d3bcda550e
diff --git a/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c b/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
index f5ea4680f15f..faa1a803caa9 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -604,17 +604,9 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
-	newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
-	newattrs.ia_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
+	newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
 	rc = sysfs_setattr(victim, &newattrs);
 
-	if (rc == 0) {
-		fsnotify_change(victim, newattrs.ia_valid);
-		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		victim_sd->s_mode = newattrs.ia_mode;
-		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	}
-
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
  out:
 	dput(victim);