--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -3070,7 +3070,7 @@ done:
     if (arg == Py_None) {
         /* optional time values not given */
         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-        res = utime(path, NULL);
+        res = utimes(path, NULL);
         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
     }
     else if (!PyTuple_Check(arg) || PyTuple_Size(arg) != 2) {
