1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 2b35ddb70d65..bce9dce639b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2260,7 +2260,7 @@ retry:
 
         inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         inc_nlink(inode);
-        atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+        ihold(inode);
 
         err = ext3_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
         if (!err) {