- if (fix_problem(ctx, PR_4_BAD_REF_COUNT, &pctx)) {
- inode.i_links_count = link_counted;
- e2fsck_write_inode(ctx, i, &inode, "pass4");
+ /* i_link_count was previously exceeded, but no longer
+ * is, fix this but don't consider it an error */
+ if ((LINUX_S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && link_counted > 1 &&
+ (inode->i_flags & EXT2_INDEX_FL) &&
+ link_count == 1 && !(ctx->options & E2F_OPT_NO)) ||
+ (fix_problem(ctx, PR_4_BAD_REF_COUNT, &pctx))) {
+ inode->i_links_count = link_counted;
+ e2fsck_write_inode(ctx, i, inode, "pass4");