2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 816e8ef64560..8a3b6a1a6ad1 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int init_dir(struct inode * inode)
         inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
 
         /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-        inode->i_nlink++;
+        inc_nlink(inode);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int create_dir(struct config_item * k, struct dentry * p,
         if (!error) {
                 error = configfs_create(d, mode, init_dir);
                 if (!error) {
-                        p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+                        inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
                         (d)->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
                 } else {
                         struct configfs_dirent *sd = d->d_fsdata;
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;