diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 0035004..6cde970 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 
 /* 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 @@
 	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);
 }