diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c3d0529960cacf45ac96638f1bfb002ee67408ba..e372cf6873c22c718e9b15f8f66e21f794dfd8b1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8777,7 +8777,6 @@ int btrfs_create_subvol_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &btrfs_dir_file_operations;
 
-	set_nlink(inode, 1);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 
 	err = btrfs_subvol_inherit_props(trans, new_root, parent_root);