1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index 88002e45a6b4..7c77c2d8d300 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static struct inode *usbfs_get_inode (struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t de
                         inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
                         /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-                        inode->i_nlink++;
+                        inc_nlink(inode);
                         break;
                 }
         }
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int usbfs_mkdir (struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
         mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
         res = usbfs_mknod (dir, dentry, mode, 0);
         if (!res)
-                dir->i_nlink++;
+                inc_nlink(dir);
         return res;
 }