diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index dd3779cf3a3b52325208a00ae4704360945d19fc..2a7a3f5d1ca6d69ac5508fa85310867e339615c0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ static int sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	struct rb_node **node = &sd->s_parent->s_dir.children.rb_node;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 
+	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
+		sd->s_parent->s_dir.subdirs++;
+
 	while (*node) {
 		struct sysfs_dirent *pos;
 		int result;
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@ static int sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  */
 static void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
+	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
+		sd->s_parent->s_dir.subdirs--;
+
 	rb_erase(&sd->s_rb, &sd->s_parent->s_dir.children);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index cc7ea5de2fdd402e3a105da3baef0ead06bfba10..feb2d69396cff09c0fb27245a4b04fb767133daf 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ static void sysfs_refresh_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 					    iattrs->ia_secdata,
 					    iattrs->ia_secdata_len);
 	}
+
+	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
+		set_nlink(inode, sd->s_dir.subdirs + 2);
 }
 
 int sysfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6289a00287dbc506dc807827411fa93e25f8474e..661a9639570b973dcce69ac3abc4bdbe84cb6991 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct sysfs_open_dirent;
 struct sysfs_elem_dir {
 	struct kobject		*kobj;
 
+	unsigned long		subdirs;
 	/* children rbtree starts here and goes through sd->s_rb */
 	struct rb_root		children;
 };