1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4bb70871873f..26d3c61116c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1225,9 +1225,14 @@ static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode)
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
-static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
         inode->i_nlink--;
+}
+
+static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }