diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ea.c b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
index fc6cec7ce130..fcba051b514a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ea.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
@@ -881,8 +881,10 @@ static int ntfs_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	mutex_unlock(&ni->mrec_lock);
 
 out:
-	inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	if (!err) {
+		inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	}
 	return err;
 }