diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 51e60a2eddb..23b7ce3d4a8 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def getmtime(filename):
 def getatime(filename):
     """Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
     st = os.stat(filename)
-    return st[stat.ST_MTIME]
+    return st[stat.ST_ATIME]
 
 
 # Is a path a symbolic link?