diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index ca683ab1de47..828262c03eb9 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ void exfat_msg(struct super_block *sb, const char *lv, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 void exfat_get_entry_time(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi, struct timespec64 *ts,
 		u8 tz, __le16 time, __le16 date, u8 time_ms);
+void exfat_truncate_atime(struct timespec64 *ts);
 void exfat_set_entry_time(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi, struct timespec64 *ts,
 		u8 *tz, __le16 *time, __le16 *date, u8 *time_ms);
 unsigned short exfat_calc_chksum_2byte(void *data, int len,
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 415a8d48849e..93d044959c49 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ int exfat_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 #endif
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&stat->atime);
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 11, 0)
 	stat->result_mask |= STATX_BTIME;
 	stat->btime.tv_sec = ei->i_crtime.tv_sec;
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ int exfat_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	}
 
 	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 out:
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 234a2d8ec515..bf6e8cdd5d36 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ void exfat_get_entry_time(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi, struct timespec64 *ts,
 	if (time_ms) {
 		ts->tv_sec += time_ms / 100;
 		ts->tv_nsec = (time_ms % 100) * 10 * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
-	}
+	} else
+		ts->tv_nsec = 0;
 
 	if (tz & EXFAT_TZ_VALID)
 		/* Adjust timezone to UTC0. */
@@ -134,6 +135,13 @@ void exfat_set_entry_time(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi, struct timespec64 *ts,
 	*tz = EXFAT_TZ_VALID;
 }
 
+/* atime has only a 2-second resolution */
+void exfat_truncate_atime(struct timespec64 *ts)
+{
+	ts->tv_sec = round_down(ts->tv_sec, 2);
+	ts->tv_nsec = 0;
+}
+
 unsigned short exfat_calc_chksum_2byte(void *data, int len,
 		unsigned short chksum, int type)
 {
diff --git a/namei.c b/namei.c
index 9920203271c1..1987864e66e9 100644
--- a/namei.c
+++ b/namei.c
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ static int exfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime =
 		EXFAT_I(inode)->i_crtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
 	/* timestamp is already written, so mark_inode_dirty() is unneeded. */
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -908,6 +909,7 @@ static int exfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 #else
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&dir->i_atime);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		exfat_sync_inode(dir);
 	else
@@ -919,6 +921,7 @@ static int exfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 #else
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
 	exfat_unhash_inode(inode);
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 16, 0)
 	exfat_d_version_set(dentry, inode_query_iversion(dir));
@@ -983,6 +986,7 @@ static int exfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime =
 		EXFAT_I(inode)->i_crtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
 	/* timestamp is already written, so mark_inode_dirty() is unneeded. */
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -1104,6 +1108,7 @@ static int exfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 #else
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&dir->i_atime);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		exfat_sync_inode(dir);
 	else
@@ -1116,6 +1121,7 @@ static int exfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 #else
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
 	exfat_unhash_inode(inode);
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 16, 0)
 	exfat_d_version_set(dentry, inode_query_iversion(dir));
@@ -1494,6 +1500,7 @@ static int exfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = new_dir->i_atime =
 		EXFAT_I(new_dir)->i_crtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&new_dir->i_atime);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir))
 		exfat_sync_inode(new_dir);
 	else
diff --git a/super.c b/super.c
index bcc362dcb52a..391cc171f04e 100644
--- a/super.c
+++ b/super.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static int exfat_read_root(struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = ei->i_crtime =
 		CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 #endif
+	exfat_truncate_atime(&inode->i_atime);
 	exfat_cache_init_inode(inode);
 	return 0;
 }