diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 06230baaa554..419d98cf9e29 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 			set_nlink(inode, fattr->nlink);
 		else if (fattr_supported & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_NLINK)
 			nfs_set_cache_invalid(inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_NLINK);
+		else
+			set_nlink(inode, 1);
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_OWNER)
 			inode->i_uid = fattr->uid;
 		else if (fattr_supported & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_OWNER)