1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 86edc45b52a4..2043f482375d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ retry:
                         err = PTR_ERR(handle);
                         goto err_drop_inode;
                 }
-                inc_nlink(inode);
+                set_nlink(inode, 1);
                 err = ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
                 if (err) {
                         ext4_journal_stop(handle);