diff --git a/lustre/lvfs/fsfilt_ext3.c b/lustre/lvfs/fsfilt_ext3.c
index 78ea86744a8a30833da45c57e6c807ed5b440423..192840fbe4581ae8423e540741e79b0eda1ef2c5 100644
--- a/lustre/lvfs/fsfilt_ext3.c
+++ b/lustre/lvfs/fsfilt_ext3.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int fsfilt_ext3_set_md(struct inode *inode, void *handle,
         LASSERT(TRYLOCK_INODE_MUTEX(inode) == 0);
 
         rc = ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode, EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED,
-                                   name, lmm, lmm_size, 0);
+                                   name, lmm, lmm_size, XATTR_NO_CTIME);
 
 
         if (rc && rc != -EROFS)