1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 76b7fb34101a..6b90ef98e4cf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ int cifs_rmdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
         if (!rc) {
                 drop_nlink(inode);
                 i_size_write(direntry->d_inode,0);
-                direntry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
         }
 
         cifsInode = CIFS_I(direntry->d_inode);