diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 74441a1..76b7fb3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
 		cFYI(1, ("cifs_mkdir returned 0x%x", rc));
 		d_drop(direntry);
 	} else {
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		if (pTcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
 			rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&newinode, full_path,
 						      inode->i_sb,xid);