diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 7d7081619f6e..f84477d1d741 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -812,7 +812,8 @@ static int fuse_link(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *newdir,
 
 		spin_lock(&fc->lock);
 		fi->attr_version = ++fc->attr_version;
-		inc_nlink(inode);
+		if (likely(inode->i_nlink < UINT_MAX))
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 		fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
 		fuse_update_ctime(inode);