diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index d7f6f2d8ac8e..43808e22cc64 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ linvfs_setattr(
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME) {
 		vattr.va_mask |= XFS_AT_ATIME;
 		vattr.va_atime = attr->ia_atime;
-		if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME_SET)
-			inode->i_atime = attr->ia_atime;
+		inode->i_atime = attr->ia_atime;
 	}
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
 		vattr.va_mask |= XFS_AT_MTIME;