diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 19e72f500f71..e2ca0f4b5151 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1635,17 +1635,21 @@ static int relatime_need_update(const struct path *path, struct inode *inode,
 int generic_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *time, int flags)
 {
 	int iflags = I_DIRTY_TIME;
+	bool dirty = false;
 
 	if (flags & S_ATIME)
 		inode->i_atime = *time;
 	if (flags & S_VERSION)
-		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+		dirty = inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false);
 	if (flags & S_CTIME)
 		inode->i_ctime = *time;
 	if (flags & S_MTIME)
 		inode->i_mtime = *time;
+	if ((flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) &&
+	    !(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME))
+		dirty = true;
 
-	if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME) || (flags & S_VERSION))
+	if (dirty)
 		iflags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, iflags);
 	return 0;
@@ -1864,7 +1868,7 @@ int file_update_time(struct file *file)
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now))
 		sync_it |= S_CTIME;
 
-	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
+	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode) && inode_iversion_need_inc(inode))
 		sync_it |= S_VERSION;
 
 	if (!sync_it)