diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index 662d176..04255af 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@
 		memset(folder, 0, sizeof(*folder));
 		folder->type = cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FOLDER);
 		folder->id = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_ino);
-		folder->create_date = folder->content_mod_date =
-			folder->attribute_mod_date = folder->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
+		HFSPLUS_I(inode).create_date =
+			folder->create_date =
+			folder->content_mod_date =
+			folder->attribute_mod_date =
+			folder->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
 		hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &folder->permissions);
 		if (inode == HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).hidden_dir)
 			/* invisible and namelocked */
@@ -109,8 +112,11 @@
 		file->type = cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE);
 		file->flags = cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_THREAD_EXISTS);
 		file->id = cpu_to_be32(cnid);
-		file->create_date = file->content_mod_date =
-			file->attribute_mod_date = file->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
+		HFSPLUS_I(inode).create_date =
+			file->create_date =
+			file->content_mod_date =
+			file->attribute_mod_date =
+			file->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
 		if (cnid == inode->i_ino) {
 			hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
 			file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).type);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index 4608171..7ae3936 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 	struct inode *rsrc_inode;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	__be32 create_date;
 	/* Device number in hfsplus_permissions in catalog */
 	u32 dev;
 	/* BSD system and user file flags */
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 182eb31..12ed2b7 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@
 		inode->i_size = 2 + be32_to_cpu(folder->valence);
 		inode->i_atime = hfsp_mt2ut(folder->access_date);
 		inode->i_mtime = hfsp_mt2ut(folder->content_mod_date);
-		inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime;
+		inode->i_ctime = hfsp_mt2ut(folder->attribute_mod_date);
+		HFSPLUS_I(inode).create_date = folder->create_date;
 		HFSPLUS_I(inode).fs_blocks = 0;
 		inode->i_op = &hfsplus_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &hfsplus_dir_operations;
@@ -462,7 +463,8 @@
 		}
 		inode->i_atime = hfsp_mt2ut(file->access_date);
 		inode->i_mtime = hfsp_mt2ut(file->content_mod_date);
-		inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime;
+		inode->i_ctime = hfsp_mt2ut(file->attribute_mod_date);
+		HFSPLUS_I(inode).create_date = file->create_date;
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: bad catalog entry used to create inode\n");
 		res = -EIO;