diff --git a/lib/dest/fileOperations/updateMetadata.js b/lib/dest/fileOperations/updateMetadata.js
index f0921268..f2f1e123 100644
--- a/lib/dest/fileOperations/updateMetadata.js
+++ b/lib/dest/fileOperations/updateMetadata.js
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ function updateMetadata(fd, file, callback) {
     if (modeDiff) {
       return mode();
     }
-    times();
+
+    if (timesDiff) {
+      return times();
+    }
+
+    callback(null, fd);
 
     function mode() {
       var mode = stat.mode ^ modeDiff;