diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index ece5556..d3a534f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -771,6 +771,8 @@
 	if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime))		       \
 		(einode)->xtime.tv_sec = 				       \
 			(signed)le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime);	       \
+	else								       \
+		(einode)->xtime.tv_sec = 0;				       \
 	if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime ## _extra))	       \
 		ext4_decode_extra_time(&(einode)->xtime,		       \
 				       raw_inode->xtime ## _extra);	       \