diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index c56a89d224bb..727289658730 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ static int add_link(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 	 * on the inode will not free it. We will fixup the link count later.
 	 */
 	if (other_inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		inc_nlink(other_inode);
+		set_nlink(other_inode, 1);
 add_link:
 	ret = btrfs_add_link(trans, BTRFS_I(dir), BTRFS_I(inode),
 			     name, namelen, 0, ref_index);
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ static noinline int add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				 * free it. We will fixup the link count later.
 				 */
 				if (!ret && inode->i_nlink == 0)
-					inc_nlink(inode);
+					set_nlink(inode, 1);
 			}
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;