1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index f594f300d4cd..f4967e634ffd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -491,8 +491,10 @@ leave:
                         brelse(*new_fe_bh);
                         *new_fe_bh = NULL;
                 }
-                if (inode)
+                if (inode) {
+                        clear_nlink(inode);
                         iput(inode);
+                }
         }
 
         mlog_exit(status);