1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 3f7b265bd..dceb7c1cc 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         }
 
         do {
-                if (utimes(*argv, reference_file ? timebuf : NULL) != 0) {
+                if (utimes(*argv, (reference_file || date_str) ? timebuf : NULL) != 0) {
                         if (errno == ENOENT) { /* no such file */
                                 if (opts) { /* creation is disabled, so ignore */
                                         continue;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 fd = open(*argv, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666);
                                 if (fd >= 0) {
                                         xclose(fd);
-                                        if (reference_file)
+                                        if (reference_file || date_str)
                                                 utimes(*argv, timebuf);
                                         continue;
                                 }