1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index f1dce848ef96..e8d61b114c1b 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -577,8 +577,7 @@ static int udf_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 
         fi = udf_add_entry(dir, dentry, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
         if (!fi) {
-                inode->i_nlink--;
-                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 return err;
         }
@@ -618,8 +617,7 @@ static int udf_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
         init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
         fi = udf_add_entry(dir, dentry, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
         if (!fi) {
-                inode->i_nlink--;
-                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 return err;
         }
@@ -665,8 +663,7 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
         inode->i_fop = &udf_dir_operations;
         fi = udf_add_entry(inode, NULL, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
         if (!fi) {
-                inode->i_nlink--;
-                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 goto out;
         }
@@ -683,7 +680,7 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 
         fi = udf_add_entry(dir, dentry, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
         if (!fi) {
-                inode->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(inode);
                 mark_inode_dirty(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 goto out;