diff --git a/fs/afs/fsclient.c b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
index 346e328..2f213d1 100644
--- a/fs/afs/fsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 			vnode->vfs_inode.i_uid = status->owner;
 			vnode->vfs_inode.i_gid = status->group;
 			vnode->vfs_inode.i_generation = vnode->fid.unique;
-			vnode->vfs_inode.i_nlink = status->nlink;
+			set_nlink(&vnode->vfs_inode, status->nlink);
 
 			mode = vnode->vfs_inode.i_mode;
 			mode &= ~S_IALLUGO;
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();