diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index cf78d44..253476d 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode * inode = new_inode(configfs_sb);
 	if (inode) {
+		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &configfs_aops;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &configfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_op = &configfs_inode_operations;