diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 1605bf250691..d82f0cc71755 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static const match_table_t cifs_mount_option_tokens = {
 	{ Opt_ignore, "dev" },
 	{ Opt_ignore, "mand" },
 	{ Opt_ignore, "nomand" },
+	{ Opt_ignore, "relatime" },
 	{ Opt_ignore, "_netdev" },
 
 	{ Opt_err, NULL }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8d41ca7bfcf1..fa723e7a08d7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -3889,8 +3889,12 @@ static int cifs_readpage_worker(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	else
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Bytes read %d\n", rc);
 
-	file_inode(file)->i_atime =
-		current_time(file_inode(file));
+	/* we do not want atime to be less than mtime, it broke some apps */
+	file_inode(file)->i_atime = current_time(file_inode(file));
+	if (timespec64_compare(&(file_inode(file)->i_atime), &(file_inode(file)->i_mtime)))
+		file_inode(file)->i_atime = file_inode(file)->i_mtime;
+	else
+		file_inode(file)->i_atime = current_time(file_inode(file));
 
 	if (PAGE_SIZE > rc)
 		memset(read_data + rc, 0, PAGE_SIZE - rc);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 6e8765f44508..0945d40030eb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ cifs_fattr_to_inode(struct inode *inode, struct cifs_fattr *fattr)
 	cifs_revalidate_cache(inode, fattr);
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	inode->i_atime = fattr->cf_atime;
+	/* we do not want atime to be less than mtime, it broke some apps */
+	if (timespec64_compare(&fattr->cf_atime, &fattr->cf_mtime))
+		inode->i_atime = fattr->cf_mtime;
+	else
+		inode->i_atime = fattr->cf_atime;
 	inode->i_mtime = fattr->cf_mtime;
 	inode->i_ctime = fattr->cf_ctime;
 	inode->i_rdev = fattr->cf_rdev;