}
 
+static void nfs_drop_nlink(struct inode *inode)
+{
+       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+       if (inode->i_nlink > 0)
+               drop_nlink(inode);
+       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Called when the dentry loses inode.
  * We use it to clean up silly-renamed files.
                error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->remove(dir, &dentry->d_name);
                /* The VFS may want to delete this inode */
                if (error == 0)
-                       drop_nlink(inode);
+                       nfs_drop_nlink(inode);
                nfs_mark_for_revalidate(inode);
        } else
                error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->remove(dir, &dentry->d_name);
                        /* dentry still busy? */
                        goto out;
        } else
-               drop_nlink(new_inode);
+               nfs_drop_nlink(new_inode);
 
 go_ahead:
        /*