diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 2958cde..8d5f98a 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -43,18 +43,6 @@
 #define UFSD(x)
 #endif
 
-static inline void ufs_inc_count(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	inode->i_nlink++;
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-}
-
-static inline void ufs_dec_count(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	inode->i_nlink--;
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-}
-
 static inline int ufs_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int err = ufs_add_link(dentry, inode);
@@ -62,7 +50,7 @@
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	ufs_dec_count(inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -173,7 +161,7 @@
 	return err;
 
 out_fail:
-	ufs_dec_count(inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -191,7 +179,7 @@
 	}
 
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-	ufs_inc_count(inode);
+	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
 	error = ufs_add_nondir(dentry, inode);
@@ -208,7 +196,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	lock_kernel();
-	ufs_inc_count(dir);
+	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
 
 	inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFDIR|mode);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -218,7 +206,7 @@
 	inode->i_op = &ufs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &ufs_dir_operations;
 
-	ufs_inc_count(inode);
+	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 
 	err = ufs_make_empty(inode, dir);
 	if (err)
@@ -234,11 +222,11 @@
 	return err;
 
 out_fail:
-	ufs_dec_count(inode);
-	ufs_dec_count(inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	iput (inode);
 out_dir:
-	ufs_dec_count(dir);
+	inode_dec_link_count(dir);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -260,7 +248,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
-	ufs_dec_count(inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	err = 0;
 out:
 	unlock_kernel();
@@ -277,8 +265,8 @@
 		err = ufs_unlink(dir, dentry);
 		if (!err) {
 			inode->i_size = 0;
-			ufs_dec_count(inode);
-			ufs_dec_count(dir);
+			inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+			inode_dec_link_count(dir);
 		}
 	}
 	unlock_kernel();
@@ -319,35 +307,35 @@
 		new_de = ufs_find_entry (new_dentry, &new_bh);
 		if (!new_de)
 			goto out_dir;
-		ufs_inc_count(old_inode);
+		inode_inc_link_count(old_inode);
 		ufs_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_bh, old_inode);
 		new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 		if (dir_de)
 			new_inode->i_nlink--;
-		ufs_dec_count(new_inode);
+		inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
 	} else {
 		if (dir_de) {
 			err = -EMLINK;
 			if (new_dir->i_nlink >= UFS_LINK_MAX)
 				goto out_dir;
 		}
-		ufs_inc_count(old_inode);
+		inode_inc_link_count(old_inode);
 		err = ufs_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
 		if (err) {
-			ufs_dec_count(old_inode);
+			inode_dec_link_count(old_inode);
 			goto out_dir;
 		}
 		if (dir_de)
-			ufs_inc_count(new_dir);
+			inode_inc_link_count(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	ufs_delete_entry (old_dir, old_de, old_bh);
 
-	ufs_dec_count(old_inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(old_inode);
 
 	if (dir_de) {
 		ufs_set_link(old_inode, dir_de, dir_bh, new_dir);
-		ufs_dec_count(old_dir);
+		inode_dec_link_count(old_dir);
 	}
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;