1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index a507d0b5be6c..d9ff283f725e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ static int ipathfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         inode->i_private = data;
         if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
                 inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
-                inode->i_nlink++;
-                dir->i_nlink++;
+                inc_nlink(inode);
+                inc_nlink(dir);
         }
 
         inode->i_fop = fops;