diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index c3eb2c4..1d1292c 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@
 	get_fuse_inode(inode)->i_time = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Mark the attributes as stale due to an atime change.  Avoid the invalidate if
+ * atime is not used.
+ */
+void fuse_invalidate_atime(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!IS_RDONLY(inode))
+		fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
+}
+
 /*
  * Just mark the entry as stale, so that a next attempt to look it up
  * will result in a new lookup call to userspace
@@ -1371,7 +1381,7 @@
 	}
 
 	__free_page(page);
-	fuse_invalidate_attr(inode); /* atime changed */
+	fuse_invalidate_atime(inode);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1404,7 +1414,7 @@
 		link[req->out.args[0].size] = '\0';
  out:
 	fuse_put_request(fc, req);
-	fuse_invalidate_attr(inode); /* atime changed */
+	fuse_invalidate_atime(inode);
 	return link;
 }