diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e8ee56d01bed..7723a0d840a4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5b0fa207d1a6f27c9a2f2d707147dce01af21db7
+refs/heads/master: d994f4058d9f9be7e44529b55fc6be6552901ead
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 5fe45d692c9f..ae8396707707 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ v9fs_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
 
 static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *file, int rmdir)
 {
+	int retval;
 	struct inode *file_inode;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 	struct p9_fid *v9fid;
@@ -444,7 +445,10 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *file, int rmdir)
 	if (IS_ERR(v9fid))
 		return PTR_ERR(v9fid);
 
-	return p9_client_remove(v9fid);
+	retval = p9_client_remove(v9fid);
+	if (!retval)
+		drop_nlink(file_inode);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static int