diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index e7d23e2..64cdcd6 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 	inode->i_mode = raw_inode->i_mode;
 	inode->i_uid = (uid_t)raw_inode->i_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = (gid_t)raw_inode->i_gid;
-	inode->i_nlink = raw_inode->i_nlinks;
+	set_nlink(inode, raw_inode->i_nlinks);
 	inode->i_size = raw_inode->i_size;
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = inode->i_atime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = raw_inode->i_time;
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 	inode->i_mode = raw_inode->i_mode;
 	inode->i_uid = (uid_t)raw_inode->i_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = (gid_t)raw_inode->i_gid;
-	inode->i_nlink = raw_inode->i_nlinks;
+	set_nlink(inode, raw_inode->i_nlinks);
 	inode->i_size = raw_inode->i_size;
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = raw_inode->i_mtime;
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = raw_inode->i_atime;