diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9c968e7599e3..8e446cd3f2ff 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1f87f0b52b1d6581168cb80f86746bc4df918d01
+refs/heads/master: a15e20982e2fbb06e85da584a0f150784042c17d
diff --git a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 06e6f10ee8ec..f6aa75111b41 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_file_operations;
 	} else {
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IFDIR;
-		clear_nlink(inode);
 		inode->i_op = &proc_sys_dir_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
 	}