diff --git a/fs/efs/inode.c b/fs/efs/inode.c
index 9c13412..bc84f36 100644
--- a/fs/efs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efs/inode.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	efs_inode = (struct efs_dinode *) (bh->b_data + offset);
     
 	inode->i_mode  = be16_to_cpu(efs_inode->di_mode);
-	inode->i_nlink = be16_to_cpu(efs_inode->di_nlink);
+	set_nlink(inode, be16_to_cpu(efs_inode->di_nlink));
 	inode->i_uid   = (uid_t)be16_to_cpu(efs_inode->di_uid);
 	inode->i_gid   = (gid_t)be16_to_cpu(efs_inode->di_gid);
 	inode->i_size  = be32_to_cpu(efs_inode->di_size);