1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 74441a17e186..76b7fb34101a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode)
                 cFYI(1, ("cifs_mkdir returned 0x%x", rc));
                 d_drop(direntry);
         } else {
-                inode->i_nlink++;
+                inc_nlink(inode);
                 if (pTcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
                         rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&newinode, full_path,
                                                       inode->i_sb,xid);