1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index a3141990061e..768982de10e4 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int nilfs_do_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 nilfs_warning(inode->i_sb, __func__,
                               "deleting nonexistent file (%lu), %d\n",
                               inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
-                inode->i_nlink = 1;
+                set_nlink(inode, 1);
         }
         err = nilfs_delete_entry(de, page);
         if (err)