diff --git a/fs/logfs/inode.c b/fs/logfs/inode.c
index 45bf86f1595a..af78b6e82895 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/inode.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ static void logfs_init_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	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);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < LOGFS_EMBEDDED_FIELDS; i++)