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;
 }