1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 355455363..6c0201374 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 /* Try to create the file */
                                 fd = open(*argv, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666);
                                 if (fd >= 0) {
-                                        if (reference_file || date_str)
+                                        if (opts & (OPT_r|OPT_d|OPT_t))
                                                 futimens(fd, timebuf);
                                         xclose(fd);
                                         continue;