diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d0fc8277..0faf82c8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* libmisc/copydir.c, configure.in: Check for the presence of
 	st_mtim and st_mtimensec, as for st_atim and st_atimensec.
+	* libmisc/copydir.c: Call utimes() after closing the file.
 
 2008-09-07  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
diff --git a/libmisc/copydir.c b/libmisc/copydir.c
index a9aec98a..951e69ac 100644
--- a/libmisc/copydir.c
+++ b/libmisc/copydir.c
@@ -566,16 +566,18 @@ static int copy_file (const char *src, const char *dst,
 	if (futimes (ofd, mt) != 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
-#else
-	if (utimes(dst, mt) != 0) {
-		return -1;
-	}
 #endif
 
 	if (close (ofd) != 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+#ifndef HAVE_FUTIMES
+	if (utimes(dst, mt) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return err;
 }