1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 40190c489271..20551a1b8a56 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
                 inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
                 inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
                 /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-                inode->i_nlink++;       
+                inc_nlink(inode);
         } else {
                 pr_debug("sysfs: could not get root inode\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;