1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 230064ede08d..3aff5e99b674 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -1887,7 +1887,6 @@ int ipmi_smi_add_proc_entry(ipmi_smi_t smi, char *name,
                 kfree(entry);
                 rv = -ENOMEM;
         } else {
-                file->nlink = 1;
                 file->data = data;
                 file->read_proc = read_proc;
                 file->write_proc = write_proc;