}
 
 struct jffs2_inode_info *jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
-                                                    int inum, int nlink)
+                                             int inum, int unlinked)
 {
        struct inode *inode;
        struct jffs2_inode_cache *ic;
-       if (!nlink) {
+
+       if (unlinked) {
                /* The inode has zero nlink but its nodes weren't yet marked
                   obsolete. This has to be because we're still waiting for
                   the final (close() and) iput() to happen.
                        return ERR_CAST(inode);
        }
        if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
-               printk(KERN_NOTICE "Eep. read_inode() failed for ino #%u. nlink %d\n",
-                      inum, nlink);
+               printk(KERN_NOTICE "Eep. read_inode() failed for ino #%u. unlinked %d\n",
+                      inum, unlinked);
                /* NB. This will happen again. We need to do something appropriate here. */
                iput(inode);
                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 
        nlink = ic->nlink;
        spin_unlock(&c->inocache_lock);
 
-       f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, inum, nlink);
+       f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, inum, !nlink);
        if (IS_ERR(f)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(f);
                goto release_sem;
 
 void jffs2_gc_release_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
                            struct jffs2_inode_info *f);
 struct jffs2_inode_info *jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
-                                             int inum, int nlink);
+                                             int inum, int unlinked);
 
 unsigned char *jffs2_gc_fetch_page(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
                                   struct jffs2_inode_info *f,
 
                                /* If it's an in-core inode, then we have to adjust any
                                   full_dirent or full_dnode structure to point to the
                                   new version instead of the old */
-                               f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, ic->ino, ic->nlink);
+                               f = jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(c, ic->ino, !ic->nlink);
                                if (IS_ERR(f)) {
                                        /* Should never happen; it _must_ be present */
                                        JFFS2_ERROR("Failed to iget() ino #%u, err %ld\n",