diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/link.c b/lib/ext2fs/link.c
index 2dec5dc..67151c3 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/link.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/link.c
@@ -135,8 +135,13 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_link(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t dir, const char *name,
 	ls.blocksize = fs->blocksize;
 	ls.err = 0;
 
-	retval = ext2fs_dir_iterate(fs, dir, DIRENT_FLAG_INCLUDE_EMPTY,
-				    0, link_proc, &ls);
+	if (ext2fs_has_inline_data(fs, dir))
+		retval = ext2fs_inline_data_iterate3(fs, dir,
+				DIRENT_FLAG_INCLUDE_EMPTY, 0, ls.name,
+				ls.namelen, link_proc, &ls);
+	else
+		retval = ext2fs_dir_iterate(fs, dir, DIRENT_FLAG_INCLUDE_EMPTY,
+					    0, link_proc, &ls);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 	if (ls.err)