diff --git a/fs/minix/bitmap.c b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
index 25c08fbfcb9d..7da66ca184f4 100644
--- a/fs/minix/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct inode *minix_new_inode(const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	}
 	inode_init_owner(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, dir, mode);
 	inode->i_ino = j;
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+	simple_inode_init_ts(inode);
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	memset(&minix_i(inode)->u, 0, sizeof(minix_i(inode)->u));
 	insert_inode_hash(inode);
diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 20f23e6e58ad..62c313fc9a49 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int minix_add_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		de->inode = inode->i_ino;
 	}
 	dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, sbi->s_dirsize);
-	dir->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(dir);
+	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	err = minix_handle_dirsync(dir);
 out_put:
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int minix_delete_entry(struct minix_dir_entry *de, struct page *page)
 	else
 		de->inode = 0;
 	dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, len);
-	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime_current(inode));
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return minix_handle_dirsync(inode);
 }
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int minix_set_link(struct minix_dir_entry *de, struct page *page,
 	else
 		de->inode = inode->i_ino;
 	dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, sbi->s_dirsize);
-	dir->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(dir);
+	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	return minix_handle_dirsync(dir);
 }
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index df575473c1cc..8f10abf5fc6a 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ static struct inode *V1_minix_iget(struct inode *inode)
 	i_gid_write(inode, raw_inode->i_gid);
 	set_nlink(inode, raw_inode->i_nlinks);
 	inode->i_size = raw_inode->i_size;
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode_set_ctime(inode, raw_inode->i_time, 0);
+	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode,
+			      inode_set_atime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime(inode, raw_inode->i_time, 0)));
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)
 		minix_inode->u.i1_data[i] = raw_inode->i_zone[i];
@@ -538,11 +539,9 @@ static struct inode *V2_minix_iget(struct inode *inode)
 	i_gid_write(inode, raw_inode->i_gid);
 	set_nlink(inode, raw_inode->i_nlinks);
 	inode->i_size = raw_inode->i_size;
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = raw_inode->i_mtime;
-	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = raw_inode->i_atime;
+	inode_set_mtime(inode, raw_inode->i_mtime, 0);
+	inode_set_atime(inode, raw_inode->i_atime, 0);
 	inode_set_ctime(inode, raw_inode->i_ctime, 0);
-	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
-	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = 0;
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
 		minix_inode->u.i2_data[i] = raw_inode->i_zone[i];
@@ -589,7 +588,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * V1_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	raw_inode->i_gid = fs_high2lowgid(i_gid_read(inode));
 	raw_inode->i_nlinks = inode->i_nlink;
 	raw_inode->i_size = inode->i_size;
-	raw_inode->i_time = inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
+	raw_inode->i_time = inode_get_mtime(inode).tv_sec;
 	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		raw_inode->i_zone[0] = old_encode_dev(inode->i_rdev);
 	else for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)
@@ -616,8 +615,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * V2_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	raw_inode->i_gid = fs_high2lowgid(i_gid_read(inode));
 	raw_inode->i_nlinks = inode->i_nlink;
 	raw_inode->i_size = inode->i_size;
-	raw_inode->i_mtime = inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
-	raw_inode->i_atime = inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
+	raw_inode->i_mtime = inode_get_mtime(inode).tv_sec;
+	raw_inode->i_atime = inode_get_atime(inode).tv_sec;
 	raw_inode->i_ctime = inode_get_ctime(inode).tv_sec;
 	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		raw_inode->i_zone[0] = old_encode_dev(inode->i_rdev);
diff --git a/fs/minix/itree_common.c b/fs/minix/itree_common.c
index ce18ae37c29d..dad131e30c05 100644
--- a/fs/minix/itree_common.c
+++ b/fs/minix/itree_common.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static inline void truncate (struct inode * inode)
 		}
 		first_whole++;
 	}
-	inode->i_mtime = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime_current(inode));
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
