diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index fe361cd19a98..b25437527de4 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
 			inode->i_nlink);
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_size = 0;
-	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	inode_dec_link_count(dir);
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(dir->i_sb);
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);