1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 2df639f143e8..94a7fcee0624 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,8 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 #endif
                         goto out;
                 }
-        }
+        } else
+                new_inode->i_nlink--;
 
 go_ahead:
         /*