1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index b4d70b13be92..bce4eef91a06 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int hfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 
         res = hfs_cat_create(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name, inode);
         if (res) {
-                inode->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(inode);
                 hfs_delete_inode(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 return res;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int hfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 
         res = hfs_cat_create(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name, inode);
         if (res) {
-                inode->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(inode);
                 hfs_delete_inode(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 return res;