diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index 3e5f3a6..f6dbf77 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
 	inode->i_mode = le16_to_cpu(fcb.i_mode);
 	inode->i_uid = le32_to_cpu(fcb.i_uid);
 	inode->i_gid = le32_to_cpu(fcb.i_gid);
-	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(fcb.i_links_count);
+	set_nlink(inode, le16_to_cpu(fcb.i_links_count));
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(fcb.i_ctime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(fcb.i_atime);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(fcb.i_mtime);