diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 04733394..3c4ac837 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_rmdir(const char *path)
 static int ntfs_fuse_utime(const char *path, struct utimbuf *buf)
 {
 	ntfs_inode *ni;
+	time_t now;
 	int res = 0;
 
 	if (ntfs_fuse_is_named_data_stream(path))
@@ -1198,17 +1199,15 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_utime(const char *path, struct utimbuf *buf)
 	
 	NInoSetNoParentMtimeUpdate(ni);
 	
+	now = time(NULL);
+	ni->last_mft_change_time = now;
+	
 	if (buf) {
 		ni->last_access_time = buf->actime;
 		ni->last_data_change_time = buf->modtime;
-		ni->last_mft_change_time = buf->modtime;
 	} else {
-		time_t now;
-
-		now = time(NULL);
 		ni->last_access_time = now;
 		ni->last_data_change_time = now;
-		ni->last_mft_change_time = now;
 	}
 	NInoFileNameSetDirty(ni);
 	NInoSetDirty(ni);