diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 5b6a454..299bb66 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 		minix_set_link(new_de, new_page, old_inode);
 		new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 		if (dir_de)
-			new_inode->i_nlink--;
+			drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
 	} else {
 		if (dir_de) {