1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index bf09cbf938cc..835d4ea61b0e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ fail_free_drop:
 fail_drop:
         dquot_drop(inode);
         inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
-        inode->i_nlink = 0;
+        clear_nlink(inode);
         unlock_new_inode(inode);
         iput(inode);
         brelse(bitmap_bh);