diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index bcecac63..ff9489be 100644
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ extern char *iconv_opt;
 #define UPDATED_ATIME (1<<3)
 #define UPDATED_ACLS  (1<<4)
 #define UPDATED_MODE  (1<<5)
-
-#define UPDATED_TIMES (UPDATED_MTIME|UPDATED_ATIME)
+#define UPDATED_CRTIME (1<<6)
 
 #ifdef ICONV_CONST
 iconv_t ic_chck = (iconv_t)-1;
@@ -576,10 +575,11 @@ int set_file_attrs(const char *fname, struct file_struct *file, stat_x *sxp,
 		set_xattr(fname, file, fnamecmp, sxp);
 #endif
 
-	if (!preserve_times
-	 || (!(preserve_times & PRESERVE_DIR_TIMES) && S_ISDIR(sxp->st.st_mode))
-	 || (!(preserve_times & PRESERVE_LINK_TIMES) && S_ISLNK(sxp->st.st_mode)))
-		flags |= ATTRS_SKIP_MTIME | ATTRS_SKIP_ATIME;
+	if (!preserve_times)
+		flags |= ATTRS_SKIP_MTIME | (atimes_ndx ? 0 : ATTRS_SKIP_ATIME) | (crtimes_ndx ? 0 : ATTRS_SKIP_CRTIME);
+	else if ((!(preserve_times & PRESERVE_DIR_TIMES) && S_ISDIR(sxp->st.st_mode))
+	      || (!(preserve_times & PRESERVE_LINK_TIMES) && S_ISLNK(sxp->st.st_mode)))
+		flags |= ATTRS_SKIP_MTIME | ATTRS_SKIP_ATIME | ATTRS_SKIP_CRTIME;
 	else if (sxp != &sx2)
 		memcpy(&sx2.st, &sxp->st, sizeof (sx2.st));
 	if (!atimes_ndx || S_ISDIR(sxp->st.st_mode))
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ int set_file_attrs(const char *fname, struct file_struct *file, stat_x *sxp,
 			updated |= UPDATED_ATIME;
 		}
 	}
-	if (updated & UPDATED_TIMES) {
+	if (updated & (UPDATED_MTIME|UPDATED_ATIME)) {
 		int ret = set_times(fname, &sx2.st);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "failed to set times on %s",
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ int set_file_attrs(const char *fname, struct file_struct *file, stat_x *sxp,
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		if (ret > 0) { /* ret == 1 if symlink could not be set */
-			updated &= ~UPDATED_TIMES;
+			updated &= ~(UPDATED_MTIME|UPDATED_ATIME);
 			file->flags |= FLAG_TIME_FAILED;
 		}
 	}