diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index d32ab349db74..80459db58f63 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -493,8 +493,11 @@ static int fsnotify_attach_connector_to_object(fsnotify_connp_t *connp,
 		conn->fsid.val[0] = conn->fsid.val[1] = 0;
 		conn->flags = 0;
 	}
-	if (conn->type == FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE)
-		inode = igrab(fsnotify_conn_inode(conn));
+	if (conn->type == FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE) {
+		inode = fsnotify_conn_inode(conn);
+		ihold(inode);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * cmpxchg() provides the barrier so that readers of *connp can see
 	 * only initialized structure