1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index dc5e64893375..2b112d978e9f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -705,7 +705,14 @@ static int fuse_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry)
 
                 spin_lock(&fc->lock);
                 fi->attr_version = ++fc->attr_version;
-                drop_nlink(inode);
+                /*
+                 * If i_nlink == 0 then unlink doesn't make sense, yet this can
+                 * happen if userspace filesystem is careless.  It would be
+                 * difficult to enforce correct nlink usage so just ignore this
+                 * condition here
+                 */
+                if (inode->i_nlink > 0)
+                        drop_nlink(inode);
                 spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
                 fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
                 fuse_invalidate_attr(dir);