diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 27a5812..d4e2852 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@
 	dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inc_nlink(inode);
-	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);	/* New dentry reference */
+	ihold(inode);	/* New dentry reference */
 	dget(dentry);		/* Extra pinning count for the created dentry */
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 out: