diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index 6baf90b08e0e..93046c9dc461 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	p_ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	p_ino->count++;
 
-	dir->i_mtime = current_time(dir);
+	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int autofs_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	d_inode(dentry)->i_size = 0;
 	clear_nlink(d_inode(dentry));
 
-	dir->i_mtime = current_time(dir);
+	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
 
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	__autofs_add_expiring(dentry);
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int autofs_dir_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	p_ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	p_ino->count++;
 	inc_nlink(dir);
-	dir->i_mtime = current_time(dir);
+	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
 
 	return 0;
 }