1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 180fa2425e49..8179f1ab8175 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, mode_t mode)
         inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 
         if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-                inode->i_nlink = 2;
+                set_nlink(inode, 2);
                 inode->i_op = &autofs4_dir_inode_operations;
                 inode->i_fop = &autofs4_dir_operations;
         } else if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {