1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 7a7ec2d1d2f4..5241c600ce28 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
                         inode->i_op = &v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
                         break;
                 case S_IFDIR:
-                        inode->i_nlink++;
+                        inc_nlink(inode);
                         if(v9ses->extended)
                                 inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext;
                         else