diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 8f0087e..851ba3d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@
 	ei = PROC_I(inode);
 	inode->i_mode = p->mode;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		inode->i_nlink = 2;	/* Use getattr to fix if necessary */
+		set_nlink(inode, 2);	/* Use getattr to fix if necessary */
 	if (p->iop)
 		inode->i_op = p->iop;
 	if (p->fop)
@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@
 
 	inode->i_mode = p->mode;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		inode->i_nlink = 2;
+		set_nlink(inode, 2);
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		inode->i_size = 64;
 	if (p->iop)
@@ -2981,8 +2981,8 @@
 	inode->i_fop = &proc_tgid_base_operations;
 	inode->i_flags|=S_IMMUTABLE;
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 2 + pid_entry_count_dirs(tgid_base_stuff,
-		ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
+	set_nlink(inode, 2 + pid_entry_count_dirs(tgid_base_stuff,
+						  ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff)));
 
 	d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);
 
@@ -3233,8 +3233,8 @@
 	inode->i_fop = &proc_tid_base_operations;
 	inode->i_flags|=S_IMMUTABLE;
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 2 + pid_entry_count_dirs(tid_base_stuff,
-		ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff));
+	set_nlink(inode, 2 + pid_entry_count_dirs(tid_base_stuff,
+						  ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff)));
 
 	d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);