diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
index c640ba57074b8ba58c46c148815c714f20b48939..09addc8615fa6603e28d2fa718e5a32c1762acbd 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static int hfsplus_ioctl_bless(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct hfsplus_vh *vh = sbi->s_vhdr;
 	struct hfsplus_vh *bvh = sbi->s_backup_vhdr;
+	u32 cnid = (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -41,8 +42,12 @@ static int hfsplus_ioctl_bless(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 	vh->finder_info[0] = bvh->finder_info[0] =
 		cpu_to_be32(parent_ino(dentry));
 
-	/* Bootloader */
-	vh->finder_info[1] = bvh->finder_info[1] = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_ino);
+	/*
+	 * Bootloader. Just using the inode here breaks in the case of
+	 * hard links - the firmware wants the ID of the hard link file,
+	 * but the inode points at the indirect inode
+	 */
+	vh->finder_info[1] = bvh->finder_info[1] = cpu_to_be32(cnid);
 
 	/* Per spec, the OS X system folder - same as finder_info[0] here */
 	vh->finder_info[5] = bvh->finder_info[5] =