diff -Nru /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/cmd/replica/applylog.c /sys/src/cmd/replica/applylog.c
--- /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/cmd/replica/applylog.c	Fri May 20 18:02:14 2011
+++ /sys/src/cmd/replica/applylog.c	Thu Dec  1 00:00:00 2011
@@ -429,6 +429,10 @@
 				nd.gid = rd.gid;
 				if(dirfwstat(fd, &nd) < 0)
 					fprint(2, "warning: cannot set gid on %q\n", local);
+				nulldir(&nd);
+				nd.mtime = rd.mtime;
+				if(dirfwstat(fd, &nd) < 0)
+					fprint(2, "warning: cannot set mtime on %q\n", local);
 				if(douid){
 					nulldir(&nd);
 					nd.uid = rd.uid;