diff --git a/fs/erofs/inode.c b/fs/erofs/inode.c
index 139d0bed42f8865d705bc4e18dc16a936e2a6b8c..3e21c0e8adae73aa75e02af892ad5b30ecfa0c1e 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/inode.c
@@ -107,11 +107,9 @@ static struct page *erofs_read_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		i_gid_write(inode, le32_to_cpu(die->i_gid));
 		set_nlink(inode, le32_to_cpu(die->i_nlink));
 
-		/* ns timestamp */
-		inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec =
-			le64_to_cpu(die->i_ctime);
-		inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec =
-			le32_to_cpu(die->i_ctime_nsec);
+		/* extended inode has its own timestamp */
+		inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le64_to_cpu(die->i_ctime);
+		inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(die->i_ctime_nsec);
 
 		inode->i_size = le64_to_cpu(die->i_size);
 
@@ -149,11 +147,9 @@ static struct page *erofs_read_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		i_gid_write(inode, le16_to_cpu(dic->i_gid));
 		set_nlink(inode, le16_to_cpu(dic->i_nlink));
 
-		/* use build time to derive all file time */
-		inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec =
-			sbi->build_time;
-		inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec =
-			sbi->build_time_nsec;
+		/* use build time for compact inodes */
+		inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = sbi->build_time;
+		inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = sbi->build_time_nsec;
 
 		inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(dic->i_size);
 		if (erofs_inode_is_data_compressed(vi->datalayout))
@@ -167,6 +163,11 @@ static struct page *erofs_read_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
+	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
+	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+
 	if (!nblks)
 		/* measure inode.i_blocks as generic filesystems */
 		inode->i_blocks = roundup(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ) >> 9;
diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 50912a5420b486dd7822da1f623915beb9141aea..86fd3bf62af615dd1ba162ea7435a0a2e269d023 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1078,8 +1078,11 @@ out_allocpage:
 		cond_resched();
 		goto repeat;
 	}
-	set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)pcl);
-	SetPagePrivate(page);
+
+	if (tocache) {
+		set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)pcl);
+		SetPagePrivate(page);
+	}
 out:	/* the only exit (for tracing and debugging) */
 	return page;
 }