}
                cnid = be32_to_cpu(entry.file.id);
                if (entry.file.user_info.fdType == cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE) &&
-                   entry.file.user_info.fdCreator == cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR)) {
+                   entry.file.user_info.fdCreator == cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR) &&
+                   (entry.file.create_date == HFSPLUS_I(HFSPLUS_SB(sb).hidden_dir).create_date ||
+                    entry.file.create_date == HFSPLUS_I(sb->s_root->d_inode).create_date) &&
+                   HFSPLUS_SB(sb).hidden_dir) {
                        struct qstr str;
                        char name[32];
 
                        if (dentry->d_fsdata) {
-                               err = -ENOENT;
-                               inode = NULL;
-                               goto out;
+                               /*
+                                * We found a link pointing to another link,
+                                * so ignore it and treat it as regular file.
+                                */
+                               cnid = (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata;
+                               linkid = 0;
+                       } else {
+                               dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)(unsigned long)cnid;
+                               linkid = be32_to_cpu(entry.file.permissions.dev);
+                               str.len = sprintf(name, "iNode%d", linkid);
+                               str.name = name;
+                               hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, HFSPLUS_SB(sb).hidden_dir->i_ino, &str);
+                               goto again;
                        }
-                       dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)(unsigned long)cnid;
-                       linkid = be32_to_cpu(entry.file.permissions.dev);
-                       str.len = sprintf(name, "iNode%d", linkid);
-                       str.name = name;
-                       hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, HFSPLUS_SB(sb).hidden_dir->i_ino, &str);
-                       goto again;
                } else if (!dentry->d_fsdata)
                        dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)(unsigned long)cnid;
        } else {
        if (res)
                return res;
 
-       inode->i_nlink--;
+       if (inode->i_nlink > 0)
+               inode->i_nlink--;
        hfsplus_delete_inode(inode);
        if (inode->i_ino != cnid && !inode->i_nlink) {
                if (!atomic_read(&HFSPLUS_I(inode).opencnt)) {
                                hfsplus_delete_inode(inode);
                } else
                        inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
-       }
+       } else
+               inode->i_nlink = 0;
        inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
        mark_inode_dirty(inode);