diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index decd6471300b..bce734b68f08 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void nilfs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct nilfs_dir_entry *de,
 	nilfs_set_de_type(de, inode);
 	nilfs_commit_chunk(page, mapping, from, to);
 	nilfs_put_page(page);
-	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
+	dir->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(dir);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ int nilfs_add_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ino);
 	nilfs_set_de_type(de, inode);
 	nilfs_commit_chunk(page, page->mapping, from, to);
-	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
+	dir->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(dir);
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	/* OFFSET_CACHE */
 out_put:
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ int nilfs_delete_entry(struct nilfs_dir_entry *dir, struct page *page)
 		pde->rec_len = nilfs_rec_len_to_disk(to - from);
 	dir->inode = 0;
 	nilfs_commit_chunk(page, mapping, from, to);
-	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 out:
 	nilfs_put_page(page);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index a8ce522ac747..5259b94ca1dc 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	atomic64_inc(&root->inodes_count);
 	inode_init_owner(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, dir, mode);
 	inode->i_ino = ino;
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
 		err = nilfs_bmap_read(ii->i_bmap, NULL);
@@ -450,10 +450,10 @@ int nilfs_read_inode_common(struct inode *inode,
 	set_nlink(inode, le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count));
 	inode->i_size = le64_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le64_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le64_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+	inode_set_ctime(inode, le64_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime),
+			le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime_nsec));
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le64_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime_nsec);
-	inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime_nsec);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime_nsec);
 	if (nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode(inode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EIO; /* this inode is for metadata and corrupted */
@@ -768,9 +768,9 @@ void nilfs_write_inode_common(struct inode *inode,
 	raw_inode->i_gid = cpu_to_le32(i_gid_read(inode));
 	raw_inode->i_links_count = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_nlink);
 	raw_inode->i_size = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_size);
-	raw_inode->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+	raw_inode->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode_get_ctime(inode).tv_sec);
 	raw_inode->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
-	raw_inode->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
+	raw_inode->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode_get_ctime(inode).tv_nsec);
 	raw_inode->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
 	raw_inode->i_blocks = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_blocks);
 
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	nilfs_truncate_bmap(ii, blkoff);
 
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 		nilfs_set_transaction_flag(NILFS_TI_SYNC);
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index 1dfbc0c34513..40ffade49f38 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int nilfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	NILFS_I(inode)->i_flags = oldflags | (flags & FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE);
 
 	nilfs_set_inode_flags(inode);
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 		nilfs_set_transaction_flag(NILFS_TI_SYNC);
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index c7024da8f1e2..2a4e7f4a8102 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int nilfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 	ihold(inode);
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int nilfs_do_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
+	inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, inode_get_ctime(dir));
 	drop_nlink(inode);
 	err = 0;
 out:
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			goto out_dir;
 		nilfs_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
 		nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
-		new_inode->i_ctime = current_time(new_inode);
+		inode_set_ctime_current(new_inode);
 		if (dir_de)
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		drop_nlink(new_inode);
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 * Like most other Unix systems, set the ctime for inodes on a
 	 * rename.
 	 */
-	old_inode->i_ctime = current_time(old_inode);
+	inode_set_ctime_current(old_inode);
 
 	nilfs_delete_entry(old_de, old_page);