1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index ba1a1ae4a18a..1e9edbdeda7e 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void kill_node(Node *e)
         write_unlock(&entries_lock);
 
         if (dentry) {
-                dentry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
                 d_drop(dentry);
                 dput(dentry);
                 simple_release_fs(&bm_mnt, &entry_count);