1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 98034271cd02..161791d26458 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 new_de = nilfs_find_entry(new_dir, &new_dentry->d_name, &new_page);
                 if (!new_de)
                         goto out_dir;
-                inc_nlink(old_inode);
                 nilfs_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -411,13 +410,9 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                         if (new_dir->i_nlink >= NILFS_LINK_MAX)
                                 goto out_dir;
                 }
-                inc_nlink(old_inode);
                 err = nilfs_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
-                if (err) {
-                        drop_nlink(old_inode);
-                        nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
+                if (err)
                         goto out_dir;
-                }
                 if (dir_de) {
                         inc_nlink(new_dir);
                         nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
@@ -431,7 +426,6 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         old_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
         nilfs_delete_entry(old_de, old_page);
-        drop_nlink(old_inode);
 
         if (dir_de) {
                 nilfs_set_link(old_inode, dir_de, dir_page, new_dir);