diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index a8e37f8..697af5b 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	BFS_I(inode)->i_dsk_ino = le16_to_cpu(di->i_ino);
 	inode->i_uid =  le32_to_cpu(di->i_uid);
 	inode->i_gid =  le32_to_cpu(di->i_gid);
-	inode->i_nlink =  le32_to_cpu(di->i_nlink);
+	set_nlink(inode, le32_to_cpu(di->i_nlink));
 	inode->i_size = BFS_FILESIZE(di);
 	inode->i_blocks = BFS_FILEBLOCKS(di);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec =  le32_to_cpu(di->i_atime);