1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index 54ad70731927..368a1c33a3c8 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int autofs_root_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
         ent->dentry = dentry;
         autofs_hash_insert(dh,ent);
 
-        dir->i_nlink++;
+        inc_nlink(dir);
         d_instantiate(dentry, iget(dir->i_sb,ino));
         unlock_kernel();