diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index b2bc313241a6..8d8e063e4706 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int ovl_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		.newinode = inode,
 	};
 
-	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent, false);
+	ovl_dir_modified(dentry->d_parent, false);
 	ovl_dentry_set_upper_alias(dentry);
 	if (!hardlink) {
 		/*
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int ovl_remove_and_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (err)
 		goto out_d_drop;
 
-	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent, true);
+	ovl_dir_modified(dentry->d_parent, true);
 out_d_drop:
 	d_drop(dentry);
 out_dput_upper:
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static int ovl_remove_upper(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir,
 		err = vfs_rmdir(dir, upper);
 	else
 		err = vfs_unlink(dir, upper, NULL);
-	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry->d_parent, ovl_type_origin(dentry));
+	ovl_dir_modified(dentry->d_parent, ovl_type_origin(dentry));
 
 	/*
 	 * Keeping this dentry hashed would mean having to release
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ static int ovl_do_remove(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir)
 	int err;
 	bool locked = false;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct dentry *upperdentry;
 	bool lower_positive = ovl_lower_positive(dentry);
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
@@ -831,6 +832,17 @@ static int ovl_do_remove(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir)
 			drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
 	}
 	ovl_nlink_end(dentry, locked);
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy ctime
+	 *
+	 * Note: we fail to update ctime if there was no copy-up, only a
+	 * whiteout
+	 */
+	upperdentry = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
+	if (upperdentry)
+		ovl_copyattr(d_inode(upperdentry), d_inode(dentry));
+
 out_drop_write:
 	ovl_drop_write(dentry);
 out:
@@ -1137,10 +1149,15 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *old,
 			drop_nlink(d_inode(new));
 	}
 
-	ovl_dentry_version_inc(old->d_parent, ovl_type_origin(old) ||
-			       (!overwrite && ovl_type_origin(new)));
-	ovl_dentry_version_inc(new->d_parent, ovl_type_origin(old) ||
-			       (d_inode(new) && ovl_type_origin(new)));
+	ovl_dir_modified(old->d_parent, ovl_type_origin(old) ||
+			 (!overwrite && ovl_type_origin(new)));
+	ovl_dir_modified(new->d_parent, ovl_type_origin(old) ||
+			 (d_inode(new) && ovl_type_origin(new)));
+
+	/* copy ctime: */
+	ovl_copyattr(d_inode(olddentry), d_inode(old));
+	if (d_inode(new) && ovl_dentry_upper(new))
+		ovl_copyattr(d_inode(newdentry), d_inode(new));
 
 out_dput:
 	dput(newdentry);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 1db5b3b458a1..24fc27683a57 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ int ovl_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	}
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 
+	/* copy c/mtime */
+	ovl_copyattr(d_inode(realdentry), inode);
+
 out_drop_write:
 	ovl_drop_write(dentry);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 3c5e9f18b0d9..eeaad0710704 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void ovl_dentry_set_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, const char *redirect);
 void ovl_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *upperdentry,
 		    struct dentry *lowerdentry);
 void ovl_inode_update(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *upperdentry);
-void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity);
+void ovl_dir_modified(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity);
 u64 ovl_dentry_version_get(struct dentry *dentry);
 bool ovl_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 6f1078028c66..30a05d1d679d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ void ovl_inode_update(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *upperdentry)
 	}
 }
 
-void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity)
+static void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 
@@ -348,6 +348,14 @@ void ovl_dentry_version_inc(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity)
 		OVL_I(inode)->version++;
 }
 
+void ovl_dir_modified(struct dentry *dentry, bool impurity)
+{
+	/* Copy mtime/ctime */
+	ovl_copyattr(d_inode(ovl_dentry_upper(dentry)), d_inode(dentry));
+
+	ovl_dentry_version_inc(dentry, impurity);
+}
+
 u64 ovl_dentry_version_get(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
