diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 3eb1c84..e14b185 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -586,11 +586,12 @@
 }
 
 struct jffs2_inode_info *jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
-						     int inum, int nlink)
+					      int inum, int unlinked)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct jffs2_inode_cache *ic;
-	if (!nlink) {
+
+	if (unlinked) {
 		/* The inode has zero nlink but its nodes weren't yet marked
 		   obsolete. This has to be because we're still waiting for
 		   the final (close() and) iput() to happen.
@@ -638,8 +639,8 @@
 			return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Eep. read_inode() failed for ino #%u. nlink %d\n",
-		       inum, nlink);
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Eep. read_inode() failed for ino #%u. unlinked %d\n",
+		       inum, unlinked);
 		/* NB. This will happen again. We need to do something appropriate here. */
 		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/gc.c b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
index bad0056..d4db0ef 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/gc.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 	nlink = ic->nlink;
 	spin_unlock(&c->inocache_lock);
 
-	f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, inum, nlink);
+	f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, inum, !nlink);
 	if (IS_ERR(f)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(f);
 		goto release_sem;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 1b10d25..2cc866c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 void jffs2_gc_release_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
 			    struct jffs2_inode_info *f);
 struct jffs2_inode_info *jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
-					      int inum, int nlink);
+					      int inum, int unlinked);
 
 unsigned char *jffs2_gc_fetch_page(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
 				   struct jffs2_inode_info *f,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
index 8de52b6..92ab32a 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
 				/* If it's an in-core inode, then we have to adjust any
 				   full_dirent or full_dnode structure to point to the
 				   new version instead of the old */
-				f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, ic->ino, ic->nlink);
+				f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, ic->ino, !ic->nlink);
 				if (IS_ERR(f)) {
 					/* Should never happen; it _must_ be present */
 					JFFS2_ERROR("Failed to iget() ino #%u, err %ld\n",