1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 7b1c37497c9a..fa9fa038de3f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int efivarfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 list_del(&var->list);
                 spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);
                 efivar_unregister(var);
-                drop_nlink(dir);
+                drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
                 dput(dentry);
                 return 0;
         }