diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index ee27feb34cf4d50fc867dc138198c2da9cd7d9ef..9425c0d97262b548d8c8fbf7ce222cbad6e1ef58 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_mount_point(const char *name)
 		ent->data = NULL;
 		ent->proc_fops = NULL;
 		ent->proc_iops = NULL;
+		parent->nlink++;
 		if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
 			kfree(ent);
 			parent->nlink--;