1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 0e5fb225007c..469f90d56051 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2367,8 +2367,10 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struc
 
         if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
                 (void) shmem_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
-                if (they_are_dirs)
+                if (they_are_dirs) {
+                        drop_nlink(new_dentry->d_inode);
                         drop_nlink(old_dir);
+                }
         } else if (they_are_dirs) {
                 drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 inc_nlink(new_dir);