diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 258ec22bb298ff1c285a0dba581236c2a0d332bf..498b10f04c3c7a4a7e5bc527deb9eaccd6385ab2 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -286,11 +286,9 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
  */
 void __iget(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
-		atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&inode->i_count) != 1)
 		return;
-	}
-	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
+
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)))
 		list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
 	inodes_stat.nr_unused--;