1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index f1af2228a1b1..61086ea3cc6b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static void mtdchar_notify_remove(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 
         if (mtd_ino) {
                 /* Destroy the inode if it exists */
-                mtd_ino->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(mtd_ino);
                 iput(mtd_ino);
         }
 }