diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6be46d21c01e9d2fe8d33de116fbe6e9cbedaf4b..d4eadeea128e94f738c013eabe1bc69167645092 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -877,12 +877,10 @@ static int nfs_wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	sigset_t oldmask;
 	int error;
 
-	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	rpc_clnt_sigmask(clnt, &oldmask);
 	error = wait_on_bit_lock(&nfsi->flags, NFS_INO_REVALIDATING,
 					nfs_wait_schedule, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	rpc_clnt_sigunmask(clnt, &oldmask);
-	iput(inode);
 
 	return error;
 }