1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 27a58120dbd5..d4e2852526e6 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ static int shmem_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentr
         dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
         inc_nlink(inode);
-        atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);    /* New dentry reference */
+        ihold(inode);   /* New dentry reference */
         dget(dentry);           /* Extra pinning count for the created dentry */
         d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
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