diff --git a/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.cpp b/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.cpp
index c30bb9f73..518ef663d 100644
--- a/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.cpp
+++ b/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ FileImplPtr LittleFSImpl::open(const char* path, OpenMode openMode, AccessMode a
     if (rc == LFS_ERR_ISDIR) {
         // To support the SD.openNextFile, a null FD indicates to the LittleFSFile this is just
         // a directory whose name we are carrying around but which cannot be read or written
-        return std::make_shared<LittleFSFileImpl>(this, path, nullptr);
+        return std::make_shared<LittleFSFileImpl>(this, path, nullptr, flags);
     } else if (rc == 0) {
-        return std::make_shared<LittleFSFileImpl>(this, path, fd);
+        return std::make_shared<LittleFSFileImpl>(this, path, fd, flags);
     } else {
         DEBUGV("LittleFSDirImpl::openFile: rc=%d fd=%p path=`%s` openMode=%d accessMode=%d err=%d\n",
                rc, fd.get(), path, openMode, accessMode, rc);
diff --git a/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.h b/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.h
index 9d55cb1fa..e332fd9ac 100644
--- a/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.h
+++ b/libraries/LittleFS/src/LittleFS.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ protected:
 class LittleFSFileImpl : public FileImpl
 {
 public:
-    LittleFSFileImpl(LittleFSImpl* fs, const char *name, std::shared_ptr<lfs_file_t> fd) : _fs(fs), _fd(fd), _opened(true) {
+    LittleFSFileImpl(LittleFSImpl* fs, const char *name, std::shared_ptr<lfs_file_t> fd, int flags) : _fs(fs), _fd(fd), _opened(true), _flags(flags) {
         _name = std::shared_ptr<char>(new char[strlen(name) + 1], std::default_delete<char[]>());
         strcpy(_name.get(), name);
     }
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public:
             lfs_file_close(_fs->getFS(), _getFD());
             _opened = false;
             DEBUGV("lfs_file_close: fd=%p\n", _getFD());
-	    if (timeCallback) {
+	    if (timeCallback && (_flags & LFS_O_WRONLY)) {
                 // Add metadata with last write time
                 time_t now = timeCallback();
                 int rc = lfs_setattr(_fs->getFS(), _name.get(), 't', (const void *)&now, sizeof(now));
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ protected:
     std::shared_ptr<lfs_file_t>  _fd;
     std::shared_ptr<char>        _name;
     bool                         _opened;
+    int                          _flags;
 };
 
 class LittleFSDirImpl : public DirImpl