1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 14c55adfae83..b45c88bd5f73 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ static int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *handle,
  */
 static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
-        inode->i_nlink++;
+        inc_nlink(inode);
 }
 
 static inline void ext3_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ retry:
                 iput (inode);
                 goto out_stop;
         }
-        dir->i_nlink++;
+        inc_nlink(dir);
         ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
         d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 if (new_inode) {
                         drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 } else {
-                        new_dir->i_nlink++;
+                        inc_nlink(new_dir);
                         ext3_update_dx_flag(new_dir);
                         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
                 }