1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 4ca824985321..e1af5b4cf80c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                 ext2_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
                 if (dir_de) {