1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index fa4fa6ce13bc..45b9acb575f9 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
 
         d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
         inode->i_size = size;
-        inode->i_nlink = 0;     /* It is unlinked */
+        clear_nlink(inode);     /* It is unlinked */
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
         error = ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(inode, size);
         if (error)