diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 053aeb9f0e74..4e7e798a5e49 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4652,13 +4652,10 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 		 */
 		retries = 0;
 		epos = EXT4_LBLK_TO_B(inode, map.m_lblk + ret);
-		inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
 		if (new_size) {
 			if (epos > new_size)
 				epos = new_size;
-			if (ext4_update_inode_size(inode, epos) & 0x1)
-				inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode,
-						      inode_get_ctime(inode));
+			ext4_update_inode_size(inode, epos);
 			if (epos > old_size)
 				pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, epos);
 		}