diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 6cb0b0bc9029..2014cee76036 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -319,12 +319,7 @@ static unsigned len_args(unsigned numargs, struct fuse_arg *args)
 
 static u64 fuse_get_unique(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
-	fc->reqctr++;
-	/* zero is special */
-	if (fc->reqctr == 0)
-		fc->reqctr = 1;
-
-	return fc->reqctr;
+	return ++fc->reqctr;
 }
 
 static void queue_request(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index f7c9b7225ec5..2f902b8edcf2 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 	fc->congestion_threshold = FUSE_DEFAULT_CONGESTION_THRESHOLD;
 	fc->khctr = 0;
 	fc->polled_files = RB_ROOT;
-	fc->reqctr = 0;
 	fc->blocked = 0;
 	fc->initialized = 0;
 	fc->attr_version = 1;