diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index a79555e..f0335fc 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1487,6 +1487,27 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This does the actual work of updating an inodes time or version.  Must have
+ * had called mnt_want_write() before calling this.
+ */
+static int update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *time, int flags)
+{
+	if (inode->i_op->update_time)
+		return inode->i_op->update_time(inode, time, flags);
+
+	if (flags & S_ATIME)
+		inode->i_atime = *time;
+	if (flags & S_VERSION)
+		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+	if (flags & S_CTIME)
+		inode->i_ctime = *time;
+	if (flags & S_MTIME)
+		inode->i_mtime = *time;
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *	touch_atime	-	update the access time
  *	@path: the &struct path to update
@@ -1524,8 +1545,14 @@
 	if (mnt_want_write(mnt))
 		return;
 
-	inode->i_atime = now;
-	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	/*
+	 * File systems can error out when updating inodes if they need to
+	 * allocate new space to modify an inode (such is the case for
+	 * Btrfs), but since we touch atime while walking down the path we
+	 * really don't care if we failed to update the atime of the file,
+	 * so just ignore the return value.
+	 */
+	update_time(inode, &now, S_ATIME);
 	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
@@ -1604,18 +1631,20 @@
  *	usage in the file write path of filesystems, and filesystems may
  *	choose to explicitly ignore update via this function with the
  *	S_NOCMTIME inode flag, e.g. for network filesystem where these
- *	timestamps are handled by the server.
+ *	timestamps are handled by the server.  This can return an error for
+ *	file systems who need to allocate space in order to update an inode.
  */
 
-void file_update_time(struct file *file)
+int file_update_time(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct timespec now;
-	enum { S_MTIME = 1, S_CTIME = 2, S_VERSION = 4 } sync_it = 0;
+	int sync_it = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* First try to exhaust all avenues to not sync */
 	if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now))
@@ -1628,21 +1657,16 @@
 		sync_it |= S_VERSION;
 
 	if (!sync_it)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Finally allowed to write? Takes lock. */
 	if (mnt_want_write_file(file))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
-	/* Only change inode inside the lock region */
-	if (sync_it & S_VERSION)
-		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
-	if (sync_it & S_CTIME)
-		inode->i_ctime = now;
-	if (sync_it & S_MTIME)
-		inode->i_mtime = now;
-	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	ret = update_time(inode, &now, sync_it);
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_update_time);