diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 5f3d725..3aa3434 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 	inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
 
 	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 		if (!error) {
 			error = sysfs_create(*d, mode, init_dir);
 			if (!error) {
-				p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+				inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
 				(*d)->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
 				d_rehash(*d);
 			}