1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
index 3e5fe843e1df..68bd5c93ca52 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int configfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
                 inode->i_op = &configfs_dir_inode_operations;
                 inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
                 /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-                inode->i_nlink++;
+                inc_nlink(inode);
         } else {
                 pr_debug("configfs: could not get root inode\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;