1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 00d5fc3b86e1..d6dfb09c8280 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -333,8 +333,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_nlink);
  */
 void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON(inode->i_nlink == 0))
+	if (unlikely(inode->i_nlink == 0)) {
+		WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_LINKABLE));
 		atomic_long_dec(&inode->i_sb->s_remove_count);
+	}
 
 	inode->__i_nlink++;
 }