diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index cf18ee7..c3a1ed2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1762,8 +1762,18 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	}
 
-	if (!rc)
+	if (!rc) {
 		rc = inode_setattr(inode, attrs);
+
+		/* force revalidate when any of the times are set since some
+		   of the fs types do not have fine(r) granularity
+		 */
+		if ((!rc) &&
+			(attrs->ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME |
+						ATTR_CTIME)))
+				cifsInode->time = 0;
+	}
+
 out:
 	kfree(args);
 	kfree(full_path);