diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 7208ada41e0e..3ee8d58e97ad 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	btrfs_i_size_write(parent_inode, parent_inode->i_size +
 					 dentry->d_name.len * 2);
+	parent_inode->i_mtime = parent_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, parent_root, parent_inode);
 	if (ret)
 		goto abort_trans_dput;