diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 7642d7c..e1ed5e5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@
 	inode->i_uid     = be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iuid);
 	inode->i_gid     = be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_igid);
 	inode->i_mode    = be16_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_imode);
-	inode->i_nlink   = be16_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_inlink);
+	set_nlink(inode, be16_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_inlink));
 	ocfs2_unpack_timespec(&inode->i_atime,
 			      be64_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iatime_packed));
 	ocfs2_unpack_timespec(&inode->i_mtime,