diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 53245ffcf93..6f6250c08ce 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1199,42 +1199,37 @@ void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct timespec now;
 
+	if (mnt_want_write(mnt))
+		return;
 	if (inode->i_flags & S_NOATIME)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	if (IS_NOATIME(inode))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	if ((inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_NODIRATIME) && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 * We may have a NULL vfsmount when coming from NFSD
-	 */
-	if (mnt) {
-		if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOATIME)
-			return;
-		if ((mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODIRATIME) && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-			return;
-
-		if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME) {
-			/*
-			 * With relative atime, only update atime if the
-			 * previous atime is earlier than either the ctime or
-			 * mtime.
-			 */
-			if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_mtime,
-						&inode->i_atime) < 0 &&
-			    timespec_compare(&inode->i_ctime,
-						&inode->i_atime) < 0)
-				return;
-		}
+	if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOATIME)
+		goto out;
+	if ((mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODIRATIME) && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		goto out;
+	if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME) {
+		/*
+		 * With relative atime, only update atime if the previous
+		 * atime is earlier than either the ctime or mtime.
+		 */
+		if (timespec_compare(&inode->i_mtime, &inode->i_atime) < 0 &&
+		    timespec_compare(&inode->i_ctime, &inode->i_atime) < 0)
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	inode->i_atime = now;
 	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+out:
+	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);