diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index 0630eb9..25ffb3e 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 	inode->i_mode = fs16_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_mode);
 	inode->i_uid = (uid_t)fs16_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_uid);
 	inode->i_gid = (gid_t)fs16_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_gid);
-	inode->i_nlink = fs16_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_nlink);
+	set_nlink(inode, fs16_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_nlink));
 	inode->i_size = fs32_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_size);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = fs32_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_atime);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = fs32_to_cpu(sbi, raw_inode->i_mtime);