1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 5f3d725d1125..3aa3434621ca 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int init_dir(struct inode * inode)
         inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
 
         /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-        inode->i_nlink++;
+        inc_nlink(inode);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject * k, struct dentry * p,
                 if (!error) {
                         error = sysfs_create(*d, mode, init_dir);
                         if (!error) {
-                                p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+                                inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
                                 (*d)->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
                                 d_rehash(*d);
                         }