diff --git a/fuseops/convert.go b/fuseops/convert.go
index c9f3db5..930e444 100644
--- a/fuseops/convert.go
+++ b/fuseops/convert.go
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func convertAttributes(
 	out.Mtime, out.MtimeNsec = convertTime(in.Mtime)
 	out.Ctime, out.CtimeNsec = convertTime(in.Ctime)
 	out.SetCrtime(convertTime(in.Crtime))
-	out.Nlink = uint32(in.Nlink) // TODO(jacobsa): Make the public field uint32?
+	out.Nlink = in.Nlink
 	out.Uid = in.Uid
 	out.Gid = in.Gid
 
diff --git a/fuseops/simple_types.go b/fuseops/simple_types.go
index c41d872..d63d3e0 100644
--- a/fuseops/simple_types.go
+++ b/fuseops/simple_types.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type InodeAttributes struct {
 	Size uint64
 
 	// The number of incoming hard links to this inode.
-	Nlink uint64
+	Nlink uint32
 
 	// The mode of the inode. This is exposed to the user in e.g. the result of
 	// fstat(2).