diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 6442d97d9a4a..d0fa43d8e9d5 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1743,24 +1743,26 @@ static int relatime_need_update(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct inode *inode,
 
 int generic_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time, int flags)
 {
-	int iflags = I_DIRTY_TIME;
-	bool dirty = false;
+	int dirty_flags = 0;
 
-	if (flags & S_ATIME)
-		inode->i_atime = *time;
-	if (flags & S_VERSION)
-		dirty = inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false);
-	if (flags & S_CTIME)
-		inode->i_ctime = *time;
-	if (flags & S_MTIME)
-		inode->i_mtime = *time;
-	if ((flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) &&
-	    !(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME))
-		dirty = true;
+	if (flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) {
+		if (flags & S_ATIME)
+			inode->i_atime = *time;
+		if (flags & S_CTIME)
+			inode->i_ctime = *time;
+		if (flags & S_MTIME)
+			inode->i_mtime = *time;
 
-	if (dirty)
-		iflags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
-	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, iflags);
+		if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME)
+			dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
+		else
+			dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
+	}
+
+	if ((flags & S_VERSION) && inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false))
+		dirty_flags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
+
+	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, dirty_flags);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_update_time);