1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index 16f19f55e63f..993adc8f1c87 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int ubifs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
         }
 
         ubifs_assert(inode->i_nlink == 1);
-        inode->i_nlink = 0;
+        clear_nlink(inode);
         err = remove_xattr(c, host, inode, &nm);
         if (err)
                 inode->i_nlink = 1;