diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 0fdab6e..d890ae3 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		fscache_attr_changed(vnode->cache);
 #endif
 
-	inode->i_nlink		= vnode->status.nlink;
+	set_nlink(inode, vnode->status.nlink);
 	inode->i_uid		= vnode->status.owner;
 	inode->i_gid		= 0;
 	inode->i_size		= vnode->status.size;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	inode->i_size		= 0;
 	inode->i_mode		= S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 	inode->i_op		= &afs_autocell_inode_operations;
-	inode->i_nlink		= 2;
+	set_nlink(inode, 2);
 	inode->i_uid		= 0;
 	inode->i_gid		= 0;
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec	= get_seconds();