diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index 6f127e0..c74c902 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ int get_local_fd(const char* path) {
       // make the file's mtime match that of the file on s3
       struct utimbuf n_mtime;
       n_mtime.modtime = strtoul(responseHeaders["x-amz-meta-mtime"].c_str(), (char **) NULL, 10);
+      n_mtime.actime = n_mtime.modtime;
       if((utime(cache_path.c_str(), &n_mtime)) == -1) {
         YIKES(-errno);
       }
@@ -687,6 +688,7 @@ static int put_headers(const char *path, headers_t meta) {
 
     if((stat(cache_path.c_str(), &st)) == 0) {
       n_mtime.modtime = strtoul(meta["x-amz-meta-mtime"].c_str(), (char **) NULL, 10);
+      n_mtime.actime = n_mtime.modtime;
       if((utime(cache_path.c_str(), &n_mtime)) == -1) {
         YIKES(-errno);
       }
@@ -2403,6 +2405,7 @@ static int s3fs_flush(const char *path, struct fuse_file_info *fi) {
 
       if((stat(cache_path.c_str(), &st)) == 0) {
         n_mtime.modtime = strtoul(meta["x-amz-meta-mtime"].c_str(), (char **) NULL, 10);
+        n_mtime.actime = n_mtime.modtime;
         if((utime(cache_path.c_str(), &n_mtime)) == -1) {
           YIKES(-errno);
         }