diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 017960cf1d7a..a7d611b93f0f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -599,9 +599,7 @@ static int link_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
 	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_end_trans;
-	inc_nlink(&ip->i_inode);
-	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode))
-		inc_nlink(&ip->i_inode);
+	set_nlink(&ip->i_inode, S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode) ? 2 : 1);
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
 	gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
 	brelse(dibh);