Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/namei.c
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--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1709,9 +1709,8 @@ static void ext4_inc_count(handle_t *han
  */
 static void ext4_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	drop_nlink(inode);
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		inc_nlink(inode);
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_nlink > 2)
+		drop_nlink(inode);
 }