diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index a70e446..ac7b814 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 			iput(inode);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		/* Circumvent igrab(): we know the inode is not being freed */
-		atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+		ihold(inode);
 		/*
 		 * Ensure that this dentry is invisible to d_find_alias().
 		 * Otherwise, it may be spliced into the tree by