diff --git a/kmod/src/dir.c b/kmod/src/dir.c
index f1ab3190..921fbdef 100644
--- a/kmod/src/dir.c
+++ b/kmod/src/dir.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static int scoutfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 
 	i_size_write(dir, i_size_read(dir) + dentry->d_name.len);
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
 		inc_nlink(inode);