diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 0589c9a694bf..ea64d01400ac 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ static int sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	struct rb_node **node = &sd->s_parent->s_dir.children.rb_node;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 
-	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
-		sd->s_parent->s_dir.subdirs++;
-
 	while (*node) {
 		struct sysfs_dirent *pos;
 		int result;
@@ -126,9 +123,6 @@ static int sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  */
 static void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
-		sd->s_parent->s_dir.subdirs--;
-
 	rb_erase(&sd->s_rb, &sd->s_parent->s_dir.children);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 4a802b4a9056..0ac3e1c1a7d8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ static void sysfs_refresh_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 					    iattrs->ia_secdata,
 					    iattrs->ia_secdata_len);
 	}
-
-	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
-		set_nlink(inode, sd->s_dir.subdirs + 2);
 }
 
 int sysfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 661a9639570b..6289a00287db 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct sysfs_open_dirent;
 struct sysfs_elem_dir {
 	struct kobject		*kobj;
 
-	unsigned long		subdirs;
 	/* children rbtree starts here and goes through sd->s_rb */
 	struct rb_root		children;
 };