diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
index 06c8a67cbe762ed29a801f79d2ed40c2ccd59c12..a44eff076c171a4d11b9c6029138e6f272c8ee00 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
@@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ static int jfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto out_unload;
 	}
 	inode->i_ino = 0;
-	inode->i_nlink = 1;
 	inode->i_size = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_size;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &jfs_metapage_aops;
 	insert_inode_hash(inode);