diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 197cb1234341..76322c0f6e5f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -317,6 +317,14 @@ static ssize_t ceph_vxattrcb_snap_btime(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 	}
 #define XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD(_type, _name)			\
 	XATTR_NAME_CEPH(_type, _name, VXATTR_FLAG_RSTAT)
+#define XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD_UPDATABLE(_type, _name)			\
+	{								\
+		.name = CEPH_XATTR_NAME(_type, _name),			\
+		.name_size = sizeof (CEPH_XATTR_NAME(_type, _name)),	\
+		.getxattr_cb = ceph_vxattrcb_ ## _type ## _ ## _name,	\
+		.exists_cb = NULL,					\
+		.flags = VXATTR_FLAG_RSTAT,				\
+	}
 #define XATTR_LAYOUT_FIELD(_type, _name, _field)			\
 	{								\
 		.name = CEPH_XATTR_NAME2(_type, _name, _field),	\
@@ -354,7 +362,7 @@ static struct ceph_vxattr ceph_dir_vxattrs[] = {
 	XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD(dir, rfiles),
 	XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD(dir, rsubdirs),
 	XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD(dir, rbytes),
-	XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD(dir, rctime),
+	XATTR_RSTAT_FIELD_UPDATABLE(dir, rctime),
 	{
 		.name = "ceph.dir.pin",
 		.name_size = sizeof("ceph.dir.pin"),