diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 003500498c22..6cde970b0a1a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ ino_t ext2_inode_by_name(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *child)
 
 /* Releases the page */
 void ext2_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de,
-			struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
+		   struct page *page, struct inode *inode, int update_times)
 {
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) +
 			(char *) de - (char *) page_address(page);
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ void ext2_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de,
 	ext2_set_de_type(de, inode);
 	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, len);
 	ext2_put_page(page);
-	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+	if (update_times)
+		dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index f2e5811936d0..d988a718aedb 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ extern struct ext2_dir_entry_2 * ext2_find_entry (struct inode *,struct qstr *,
 extern int ext2_delete_entry (struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *, struct page *);
 extern int ext2_empty_dir (struct inode *);
 extern struct ext2_dir_entry_2 * ext2_dotdot (struct inode *, struct page **);
-extern void ext2_set_link(struct inode *, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *, struct page *, struct inode *);
+extern void ext2_set_link(struct inode *, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *, struct page *, struct inode *, int);
 
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern struct inode * ext2_new_inode (struct inode *, int);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 90ea17998a73..6524ecaebb7a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
 		if (!new_de)
 			goto out_dir;
 		inode_inc_link_count(old_inode);
-		ext2_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
+		ext2_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode, 1);
 		new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 		if (dir_de)
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
 	inode_dec_link_count(old_inode);
 
 	if (dir_de) {
-		ext2_set_link(old_inode, dir_de, dir_page, new_dir);
+		if (old_dir != new_dir)
+			ext2_set_link(old_inode, dir_de, dir_page, new_dir, 0);
 		inode_dec_link_count(old_dir);
 	}
 	return 0;