diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index eb7a8c9fba01..05f169018c4e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static struct inode *ntfs_read_mft(struct inode *inode,
 	bool is_dir;
 	unsigned long ino = inode->i_ino;
 	u32 rp_fa = 0, asize, t32;
-	u16 roff, rsize, names = 0;
+	u16 roff, rsize, names = 0, links = 0;
 	const struct ATTR_FILE_NAME *fname = NULL;
 	const struct INDEX_ROOT *root;
 	struct REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER rp; // 0x18 bytes
@@ -200,11 +200,12 @@ next_attr:
 		    rsize < SIZEOF_ATTRIBUTE_FILENAME)
 			goto out;
 
+		names += 1;
 		fname = Add2Ptr(attr, roff);
 		if (fname->type == FILE_NAME_DOS)
 			goto next_attr;
 
-		names += 1;
+		links += 1;
 		if (name && name->len == fname->name_len &&
 		    !ntfs_cmp_names_cpu(name, (struct le_str *)&fname->name_len,
 					NULL, false))
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ end_enum:
 		ni->mi.dirty = true;
 	}
 
-	set_nlink(inode, names);
+	set_nlink(inode, links);
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
 		ni->std_fa |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/record.c b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
index 6aa3a9d44df1..6c76503edc20 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/record.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/record.c
@@ -534,16 +534,9 @@ bool mi_remove_attr(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct mft_inode *mi,
 	if (aoff + asize > used)
 		return false;
 
-	if (ni && is_attr_indexed(attr)) {
+	if (ni && is_attr_indexed(attr) && attr->type == ATTR_NAME) {
 		u16 links = le16_to_cpu(ni->mi.mrec->hard_links);
-		struct ATTR_FILE_NAME *fname =
-			attr->type != ATTR_NAME ?
-				NULL :
-				resident_data_ex(attr,
-						 SIZEOF_ATTRIBUTE_FILENAME);
-		if (fname && fname->type == FILE_NAME_DOS) {
-			/* Do not decrease links count deleting DOS name. */
-		} else if (!links) {
+		if (!links) {
 			/* minor error. Not critical. */
 		} else {
 			ni->mi.mrec->hard_links = cpu_to_le16(links - 1);