1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index b1940660502f..d6ec1c85995a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -870,6 +870,14 @@ static int nfs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 }
 
+static void nfs_drop_nlink(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        if (inode->i_nlink > 0)
+                drop_nlink(inode);
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Called when the dentry loses inode.
  * We use it to clean up silly-renamed files.
@@ -1420,7 +1428,7 @@ static int nfs_safe_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
                 error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->remove(dir, &dentry->d_name);
                 /* The VFS may want to delete this inode */
                 if (error == 0)
-                        drop_nlink(inode);
+                        nfs_drop_nlink(inode);
                 nfs_mark_for_revalidate(inode);
         } else
                 error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->remove(dir, &dentry->d_name);
@@ -1647,7 +1655,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                         /* dentry still busy? */
                         goto out;
         } else
-                drop_nlink(new_inode);
+                nfs_drop_nlink(new_inode);
 
 go_ahead:
         /*