diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index b52c672..ae4d9cd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@
 	inode->i_gid = btrfs_stack_inode_gid(inode_item);
 	btrfs_i_size_write(inode, btrfs_stack_inode_size(inode_item));
 	inode->i_mode = btrfs_stack_inode_mode(inode_item);
-	inode->i_nlink = btrfs_stack_inode_nlink(inode_item);
+	set_nlink(inode, btrfs_stack_inode_nlink(inode_item));
 	inode_set_bytes(inode, btrfs_stack_inode_nbytes(inode_item));
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = btrfs_stack_inode_generation(inode_item);
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->sequence = btrfs_stack_inode_sequence(inode_item);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 07b3ac6..07ea918 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@
 	sb->s_bdi = &fs_info->bdi;
 
 	fs_info->btree_inode->i_ino = BTRFS_BTREE_INODE_OBJECTID;
-	fs_info->btree_inode->i_nlink = 1;
+	set_nlink(fs_info->btree_inode, 1);
 	/*
 	 * we set the i_size on the btree inode to the max possible int.
 	 * the real end of the address space is determined by all of
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b2d004a..75686a6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@
 	inode_item = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
 				    struct btrfs_inode_item);
 	inode->i_mode = btrfs_inode_mode(leaf, inode_item);
-	inode->i_nlink = btrfs_inode_nlink(leaf, inode_item);
+	set_nlink(inode, btrfs_inode_nlink(leaf, inode_item));
 	inode->i_uid = btrfs_inode_uid(leaf, inode_item);
 	inode->i_gid = btrfs_inode_gid(leaf, inode_item);
 	btrfs_i_size_write(inode, btrfs_inode_size(leaf, inode_item));
@@ -6728,7 +6728,7 @@
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &btrfs_dir_file_operations;
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 1;
+	set_nlink(inode, 1);
 	btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
 
 	err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, new_root, inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 786639f..0618aa3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@
 	}
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 	if (nlink != inode->i_nlink) {
-		inode->i_nlink = nlink;
+		set_nlink(inode, nlink);
 		btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 	}
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->index_cnt = (u64)-1;