This is version four of this patch.

To apply:
    cd /usr/src/sys
    patch -p0 < nlink.patch

Recompile your kernel.

Index: ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c,v
--- ufs_vnops.c	1998/08/06 19:35:15	1.20
+++ ufs_vnops.c	1999/02/26 05:55:10	1.26
@@ -926,6 +932,11 @@
 	/* fvp, tdvp, tvp now locked */
 	dp = VTOI(fdvp);
 	ip = VTOI(fvp);
+	if ((nlink_t)ip->i_ffs_nlink >= LINK_MAX) {
+		VOP_UNLOCK(fvp, 0, p);
+		error = EMLINK;
+		goto abortit;
+	}
 	if ((ip->i_ffs_flags & (IMMUTABLE | APPEND)) ||
 	    (dp->i_ffs_flags & APPEND)) {
 		VOP_UNLOCK(fvp, 0, p);
Index: ufs/ext2fs/ext2fs_vnops.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/ufs/ext2fs/ext2fs_vnops.c,v
--- ext2fs_vnops.c	1998/08/06 19:35:04	1.8
+++ ext2fs_vnops.c	1999/02/26 16:35:33	1.10
@@ -646,6 +650,11 @@
 		goto abortit;
 	dp = VTOI(fdvp);
 	ip = VTOI(fvp);
+	if ((nlink_t)ip->i_e2fs_nlink >= LINK_MAX) {
+		VOP_UNLOCK(fvp, 0, p);
+		error = EMLINK;
+		goto abortit;
+	}
 	if ((ip->i_e2fs_flags & (EXT2_IMMUTABLE | EXT2_APPEND)) ||
 		(dp->i_e2fs_flags & EXT2_APPEND)) {
 		VOP_UNLOCK(fvp, 0, p);