2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/export.c b/fs/btrfs/export.c
index ff27d7a477b2..b4ffad859adb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/export.c
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ static int btrfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, u32 *fh, int *max_len,
         int len = *max_len;
         int type;
 
-        if ((len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE) ||
-            (connectable && len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_CONNECTABLE))
+        if (connectable && (len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_CONNECTABLE)) {
+                *max_len = BTRFS_FID_SIZE_CONNECTABLE;
                 return 255;
+        } else if (len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE) {
+                *max_len = BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE;
+                return 255;
+        }
 
         len  = BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE;
         type = FILEID_BTRFS_WITHOUT_PARENT;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 9007bbd01dbf..4a0107e18747 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4806,9 +4806,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
         int err;
         int drop_inode = 0;
 
-        if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-                return -ENOENT;
-
         /* do not allow sys_link's with other subvols of the same device */
         if (root->objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->objectid)
                 return -EPERM;