1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 849c3b4bb94a..40f83f53053a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
         err = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
         if (err < 0) {
                 le16_add_cpu(&fe->i_links_count, -1);
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 mlog_errno(err);
                 goto bail;
         }
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
                               parent_fe_bh, de_bh);
         if (err) {
                 le16_add_cpu(&fe->i_links_count, -1);
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 mlog_errno(err);
                 goto bail;
         }