diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index c196e54..d5d5297 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO | S_IWUSR;
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
-	inode->i_nlink = 2;
+	set_nlink(inode, 2);
 
 	s->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (s->s_root)