1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 1a77dbef226f..b44113279e30 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
                 inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_file_operations;
         } else {
                 inode->i_mode |= S_IFDIR;
-                inode->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(inode);
                 inode->i_op = &proc_sys_dir_operations;
                 inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
         }