1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 368d7049ac89..ed5c5d496ee9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
         inode = NULL;
         if (ino) {
                 inode = ext2_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+                if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
                         if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
                                 ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
                                                 "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                 new_de = ext2_find_entry (new_dir, &new_dentry->d_name, &new_page);
                 if (!new_de)
                         goto out_dir;
-                inode_inc_link_count(old_inode);
                 ext2_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode, 1);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
@@ -356,12 +355,9 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                         if (new_dir->i_nlink >= EXT2_LINK_MAX)
                                 goto out_dir;
                 }
-                inode_inc_link_count(old_inode);
                 err = ext2_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
-                if (err) {
-                        inode_dec_link_count(old_inode);
+                if (err)
                         goto out_dir;
-                }
                 if (dir_de)
                         inode_inc_link_count(new_dir);
         }
@@ -369,12 +365,11 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
         /*
          * Like most other Unix systems, set the ctime for inodes on a
          * rename.
-         * inode_dec_link_count() will mark the inode dirty.
          */
         old_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+        mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
         ext2_delete_entry (old_de, old_page);
-        inode_dec_link_count(old_inode);
 
         if (dir_de) {
                 if (old_dir != new_dir)