diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 840f8a6..10aa8ee 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = dir->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	dir->i_size -= DIRENT_SIZE;
-  	inode->i_nlink--;
+  	drop_nlink(inode);
   	dput(dentry);
   	return 0;
 }