diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 63c020e6589e..71fd08fa4103 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, int magic, struct tree_descr *files
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
+	inode->i_nlink = 2;
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
 		iput(inode);