diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index a507d0b..d9ff283 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 	inode->i_private = data;
 	if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
 		inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_nlink++;
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	}
 
 	inode->i_fop = fops;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index 88002e4..7c77c2d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = usbfs_mknod (dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 7a7ec2d..5241c60 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 			inode->i_op = &v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			if(v9ses->extended)
 				inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext;
 			else
diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index 54ad707..368a1c3 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
 	ent->dentry = dentry;
 	autofs_hash_insert(dh,ent);
 
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, iget(dir->i_sb,ino));
 	unlock_kernel();
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 348bec0..e21bb46 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
 	if (p_ino && dentry->d_parent != dentry)
 		atomic_inc(&p_ino->count);
 	ino->inode = inode;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index ce05d16..a650f1d 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return err;
 	}
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 74441a1..76b7fb3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
 		cFYI(1, ("cifs_mkdir returned 0x%x", rc));
 		d_drop(direntry);
 	} else {
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		if (pTcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
 			rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&newinode, full_path,
 						      inode->i_sb,xid);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 0a2fd8b..0102b28 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 	coda_dir_changed(dir_inode, 0);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	d_instantiate(de, inode);
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
         
 out:
 	unlock_kernel();
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 816e8ef..8a3b6a1 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 	inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
 
 	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 	if (!error) {
 		error = configfs_create(d, mode, init_dir);
 		if (!error) {
-			p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
 			(d)->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
 		} else {
 			struct configfs_dirent *sd = d->d_fsdata;
diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
index 3e5fe84..68bd5c9 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		inode->i_op = &configfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("configfs: could not get root inode\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 269e649..ecf3da9e 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = debugfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 14c55ad..b45c88b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@
  */
 static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 }
 
 static inline void ext3_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@
 		iput (inode);
 		goto out_stop;
 	}
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
 	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@
 		if (new_inode) {
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		} else {
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 			ext3_update_dx_flag(new_dir);
 			ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/fuse/control.c b/fs/fuse/control.c
index 79ec1f2..16b39c0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/control.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	parent = fuse_control_sb->s_root;
-	parent->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
 	sprintf(name, "%llu", (unsigned long long) fc->id);
 	parent = fuse_ctl_add_dentry(parent, fc, name, S_IFDIR | 0500, 2,
 				     &simple_dir_inode_operations,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 9ceb0df..99b4ed1 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	hfsplus_instantiate(dst_dentry, inode, cnid);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 4078b0b..25dd6f8 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	brelse(bh);
 	hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh0);
 	hpfs_brelse4(&qbh0);
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	insert_inode_hash(result);
 
 	if (result->i_uid != current->fsuid ||
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
 	end:
 	hpfs_i(i)->i_parent_dir = new_dir->i_ino;
 	if (S_ISDIR(i->i_mode)) {
-		new_dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir);
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	}
 	if ((fnode = hpfs_map_fnode(i->i_sb, i->i_ino, &bh))) {
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index f5b8f32..5e03b2f 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		case S_IFLNK:
 			inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 {
 	int retval = hugetlbfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
 	if (!retval)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index a5e9f22..9def6ad 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 	}
 
 	dir_i->i_mtime = dir_i->i_ctime = ITIME(je32_to_cpu(rd->mctime));
-	dir_i->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir_i);
 
 	jffs2_free_raw_dirent(rd);
 
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@
 	/* If it was a directory we moved, and there was no victim,
 	   increase i_nlink on its new parent */
 	if (S_ISDIR(old_dentry->d_inode->i_mode) && !victim_f)
-		new_dir_i->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir_i);
 
 	/* Unlink the original */
 	ret = jffs2_do_unlink(c, JFFS2_INODE_INFO(old_dir_i),
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
 		/* Oh shit. We really ought to make a single node which can do both atomically */
 		struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(old_dentry->d_inode);
 		down(&f->sem);
-		old_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(old_dentry->d_inode);
 		if (f->inocache)
 			f->inocache->nlink++;
 		up(&f->sem);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 72d9909d..7bc1a42 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@
 
 		for (fd=f->dents; fd; fd = fd->next) {
 			if (fd->type == DT_DIR && fd->ino)
-				inode->i_nlink++;
+				inc_nlink(inode);
 		}
 		/* and '..' */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		/* Root dir gets i_nlink 3 for some reason */
 		if (inode->i_ino == 1)
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 
 		inode->i_op = &jffs2_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &jffs2_dir_operations;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 088b8597..8cef881 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	/* update parent directory inode */
-	dip->i_nlink++;		/* for '..' from child directory */
+	inc_nlink(dip);		/* for '..' from child directory */
 	dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dip);
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@
 		goto free_dname;
 
 	/* update object inode */
-	ip->i_nlink++;		/* for new link */
+	inc_nlink(ip);		/* for new link */
 	ip->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
 			goto out4;
 		}
 		if (S_ISDIR(old_ip->i_mode))
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Remove old directory entry
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 9204feb..bd08e0e 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	dget(dentry);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 			drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	} else if (they_are_dirs) {
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
-		new_dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = new_dir->i_ctime =
diff --git a/fs/msdos/namei.c b/fs/msdos/namei.c
index 635613f..fa868c7 100644
--- a/fs/msdos/namei.c
+++ b/fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 	err = msdos_add_entry(dir, msdos_name, 1, is_hid, cluster, &ts, &sinfo);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (!new_inode)
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	err = fat_remove_entries(old_dir, &old_sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
index 0368c64..16b8d1b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 		inode->i_blocks = 0;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 		inode->i_op = &dlmfs_root_inode_operations;
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink ==
 		 * 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 	}
 	ip->ip_dlm = dlm;
 
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	dget(dentry);	/* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 40f83f5..8c370a3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto leave;
 		}
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	}
 
 	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	fe->i_links_count = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_nlink);
 	fe->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@
 						parent_node_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
-			dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(dir);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
 		if (new_inode) {
 			new_inode->i_nlink--;
 		} else {
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 			mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index bc0e516..2faf4cd 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		case S_IFLNK:
 			inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 {
 	int retval = ramfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
 	if (!retval)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index c76d427..cf92e89 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 
-#define INC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) { i->i_nlink++; if (i->i_nlink >= REISERFS_LINK_MAX) i->i_nlink=1; }
+#define INC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) { inc_nlink(i); if (i->i_nlink >= REISERFS_LINK_MAX) i->i_nlink=1; }
 #define DEC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) drop_nlink(i);
 
 // directory item contains array of entry headers. This performs
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
 	    reiserfs_cut_from_item(&th, &path, &(de.de_entry_key), dir, NULL,
 				   0);
 	if (retval < 0) {
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		goto end_unlink;
 	}
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* inc before scheduling so reiserfs_unlink knows we are here */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 
 	retval = journal_begin(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 	if (retval) {
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);
 			}
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 40190c4..20551a1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;	
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("sysfs: could not get root inode\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index b223b32..ae21a0e 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
 			inode->i_op = &udf_dir_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &udf_dir_operations;
 			inode->i_mode |= S_IFDIR;
-			inode->i_nlink ++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 		case ICBTAG_FILE_TYPE_REALTIME:
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index d14d255..e40c95e 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
 		cpu_to_le32(UDF_I_UNIQUE(inode) & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFUL);
 	cfi.fileCharacteristics |= FID_FILE_CHAR_DIRECTORY;
 	udf_write_fi(dir, &cfi, fi, &fibh, NULL, NULL);
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@
 	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)
 		udf_release_data(fibh.ebh);
 	udf_release_data(fibh.sbh);
-	inode->i_nlink ++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			new_dir->i_nlink ++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 			mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index 090d74f..5846ba2 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 	dir->i_version++;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@
 		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (!new_inode)
- 			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+ 			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	err = fat_remove_entries(old_dir, &old_sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 26d3c61..6a5267d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1219,9 +1219,14 @@
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
 }
 
-static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+static inline void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	inode->i_nlink++;
+}
+
+static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 10aa8ee..d75d0ba 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 			/* all is ok */
 			info->user = get_uid(u);
 		} else if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			/* Some things misbehave if size == 0 on a directory */
 			inode->i_size = 2 * DIRENT_SIZE;
 			inode->i_op = &mqueue_dir_inode_operations;
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 8c3c400..9d850ae 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 		inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 		/* directories start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else {
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 		/* start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		inode->i_fop = &cpuset_file_operations;
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@
 	error = cpuset_create_file(dentry, S_IFDIR | mode);
 	if (!error) {
 		dentry->d_fsdata = cs;
-		parent->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
 		cs->dentry = dentry;
 	}
 	dput(dentry);
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@
 	}
 	root = cpuset_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 	root->d_fsdata = &top_cpuset;
-	root->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(root->d_inode);
 	top_cpuset.dentry = root;
 	root->d_inode->i_op = &cpuset_dir_inode_operations;
 	number_of_cpusets = 1;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 908dd94..bb8ca7e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@
 							&sbinfo->policy_nodes);
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			/* Some things misbehave if size == 0 on a directory */
 			inode->i_size = 2 * BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
 			inode->i_op = &shmem_dir_inode_operations;
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@
 
 	if ((error = shmem_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0)))
 		return error;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@
 
 	dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);	/* New dentry reference */
 	dget(dentry);		/* Extra pinning count for the created dentry */
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@
 			drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	} else if (they_are_dirs) {
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
-		new_dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	old_dir->i_size -= BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 700c6e0..9a0b41a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
 		case S_IFDIR:
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 			inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 		default:
 			break;
 	}
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 		if (private)
 			rpc_inode_setowner(inode, private);
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-			dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(dir);
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
 		goto out_err;
 	inode->i_ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 100);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_CREATE);
 	return 0;
 out_err:
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 49ee515..9b16e14 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index bab7b38..cd24441 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1253,10 +1253,10 @@
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* bump link count on parent directory, too */
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }