1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 563ef9d7da9f..348bec0982b0 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
 
         if (dir->i_nlink)
-                dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(dir);
 
         return 0;
 }