1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index b8a73f716fbe..f7c08db8e34c 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int sysv_rename(struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                 sysv_set_link(new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
                 if (dir_de) {