diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7a049fd..48c1f5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1755,6 +1755,19 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * set_nlink - directly set an inode's link count
+ * @inode: inode
+ * @nlink: new nlink (should be non-zero)
+ *
+ * This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any
+ * direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink.
+ */
+static inline void set_nlink(struct inode *inode, unsigned int nlink)
+{
+	inode->i_nlink = nlink;
+}
+
+/**
  * inc_nlink - directly increment an inode's link count
  * @inode: inode
  *