diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index ca46a529d56b1..ad6f401ac0e1d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,25 @@ void btrfs_check_nocow_unlock(struct btrfs_inode *inode)
 	btrfs_drew_write_unlock(&inode->root->snapshot_lock);
 }
 
+static void update_time_for_write(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct timespec64 now, ctime;
+
+	if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
+		return;
+
+	now = current_time(inode);
+	if (!timespec64_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now))
+		inode->i_mtime = now;
+
+	ctime = inode_get_ctime(inode);
+	if (!timespec64_equal(&ctime, &now))
+		inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, now);
+
+	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
+		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+}
+
 static int btrfs_write_check(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 			     size_t count)
 {
@@ -1137,10 +1156,7 @@ static int btrfs_write_check(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 	 * need to start yet another transaction to update the inode as we will
 	 * update the inode when we finish writing whatever data we write.
 	 */
-	if (!IS_NOCMTIME(inode)) {
-		inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
-		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
-	}
+	update_time_for_write(inode);
 
 	start_pos = round_down(pos, fs_info->sectorsize);
 	oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 09bfe68d2ea3f..cffdd6f7f8e8b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ static struct file_system_type btrfs_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "btrfs",
 	.mount		= btrfs_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= btrfs_kill_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA | FS_MGTIME,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA,
 };
 
 static struct file_system_type btrfs_root_fs_type = {
@@ -2158,8 +2158,7 @@ static struct file_system_type btrfs_root_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "btrfs",
 	.mount		= btrfs_mount_root,
 	.kill_sb	= btrfs_kill_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA |
-			  FS_ALLOW_IDMAP | FS_MGTIME,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
 };
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("btrfs");