diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
index f2bbb32..0fe2419 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
@@ -566,6 +566,25 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Extracting atime values in various formats
+ */
+static inline void vn_atime_to_bstime(struct vnode *vp, xfs_bstime_t *bs_atime)
+{
+	bs_atime->tv_sec = vp->v_inode.i_atime.tv_sec;
+	bs_atime->tv_nsec = vp->v_inode.i_atime.tv_nsec;
+}
+
+static inline void vn_atime_to_timespec(struct vnode *vp, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	*ts = vp->v_inode.i_atime;
+}
+
+static inline void vn_atime_to_time_t(struct vnode *vp, time_t *tt)
+{
+	*tt = vp->v_inode.i_atime.tv_sec;
+}
+
+/*
  * Some useful predicates.
  */
 #define VN_MAPPED(vp)	mapping_mapped(LINVFS_GET_IP(vp)->i_mapping)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index 41f50e7..c59450e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@
 	buf->bs_uid = dic->di_uid;
 	buf->bs_gid = dic->di_gid;
 	buf->bs_size = dic->di_size;
-	/* atime is only kept uptodate in the Linux inode */
-	buf->bs_atime.tv_sec = vp->v_inode.i_atime.tv_sec;
-	buf->bs_atime.tv_nsec = vp->v_inode.i_atime.tv_nsec;
+	vn_atime_to_bstime(vp, &buf->bs_atime);
 	buf->bs_mtime.tv_sec = dic->di_mtime.t_sec;
 	buf->bs_mtime.tv_nsec = dic->di_mtime.t_nsec;
 	buf->bs_ctime.tv_sec = dic->di_ctime.t_sec;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index b12fcfc..f891634 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/* atime is only kept uptodate in the Linux inode */
-	vap->va_atime = vp->v_inode.i_atime;
+	vn_atime_to_timespec(vp, &vap->va_atime);
 	vap->va_mtime.tv_sec = ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec;
 	vap->va_mtime.tv_nsec = ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec;
 	vap->va_ctime.tv_sec = ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec;