diff --git a/fs/logfs/inode.c b/fs/logfs/inode.c
index edfea7a3a747..9abb048b96c0 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/inode.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ static void logfs_init_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_blocks	= 0;
 	inode->i_ctime	= CURRENT_TIME;
 	inode->i_mtime	= CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_nlink	= 1;
 	li->li_refcount = 1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&li->li_freeing_list);