diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 11f8582..a36d327 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@
 		goto out_lock;
 	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
-	old_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink =
-		ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(old_dentry->d_inode)->i_nlink;
+	set_nlink(old_dentry->d_inode,
+		  ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(old_dentry->d_inode)->i_nlink);
 	i_size_write(new_dentry->d_inode, file_size_save);
 out_lock:
 	unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry);
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir_inode);
-	dentry->d_inode->i_nlink =
-		ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(dentry->d_inode)->i_nlink;
+	set_nlink(dentry->d_inode,
+		  ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(dentry->d_inode)->i_nlink);
 	dentry->d_inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
 	d_drop(dentry);
 out_unlock:
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
-	dir->i_nlink = lower_dir_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink;
+	set_nlink(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink);
 out:
 	unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry);
 	if (!dentry->d_inode)
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 	if (!rc && dentry->d_inode)
 		clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
 	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
-	dir->i_nlink = lower_dir_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink;
+	set_nlink(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink);
 	unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry);
 	if (!rc)
 		d_drop(dentry);