diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
@@ -2792,6 +2792,7 @@
 	kif->kf_un.kf_file.kf_file_rdev = va.va_rdev;
 	kif->kf_un.kf_file.kf_file_rdev_freebsd11 =
 	    kif->kf_un.kf_file.kf_file_rdev; /* truncate */
+	kif->kf_un.kf_file.kf_file_nlink = va.va_nlink;
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/user.h b/sys/sys/user.h
--- a/sys/sys/user.h
+++ b/sys/sys/user.h
@@ -389,7 +389,9 @@
 				int		kf_file_type;
 				/* Space for future use */
 				int		kf_spareint[3];
-				uint64_t	kf_spareint64[30];
+				uint64_t	kf_spareint64[29];
+				/* Number of references to file. */
+				uint64_t	kf_file_nlink;
 				/* Vnode filesystem id. */
 				uint64_t	kf_file_fsid;
 				/* File device. */