1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index c7ef569eb22a..451fad96ecd1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1382,7 +1382,10 @@ static noinline int link_to_fixup_dir(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
         btrfs_release_path(path);
         if (ret == 0) {
-                btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
+                if (!inode->i_nlink)
+                        set_nlink(inode, 1);
+                else
+                        btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
                 ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
         } else if (ret == -EEXIST) {
                 ret = 0;