oi->ip_dyn_features |= flag;
        di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
        spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
-       /* Update inode ctime */
-       inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-       di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
-       di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
 
        ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->inode_bh);
        if (ret < 0)
                }
        }
 
+       if (!ret) {
+               /* Update inode ctime. */
+               ret = ocfs2_journal_access(ctxt->handle, inode, xis->inode_bh,
+                                          OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+               if (ret) {
+                       mlog_errno(ret);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+               di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+               di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
+               ocfs2_journal_dirty(ctxt->handle, xis->inode_bh);
+       }
 out:
        return ret;
 }
                goto cleanup;
        }
 
+       /* we need to update inode's ctime field, so add credit for it. */
+       credits += OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS;
        ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
        if (IS_ERR(ctxt.handle)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(ctxt.handle);