diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 3b7420c80..ae1721321 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-05-10  Pavel Machek  <pavel@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+
+	* direntry.c (vfs_s_new_inode): Do not leave st_nlink uninitialized.
+
 2000-05-08  Valery Kornienkov  <vlk@dimavb.st.simbirsk.su>
 
 	vfs/extfs/uha.in: add HSC type archives
diff --git a/vfs/direntry.c b/vfs/direntry.c
index 3bece9e21..e25ba2c03 100644
--- a/vfs/direntry.c
+++ b/vfs/direntry.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ vfs_s_new_inode (vfs *me, vfs_s_super *super, struct stat *initstat)
     if (initstat)
         ino->st = *initstat;
     ino->super = super;
+    ino->st.st_nlink = 0;
     ino->st.st_ino = MEDATA->inode_counter++;
     ino->st.st_dev = MEDATA->rdev;