diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/integration_helpers_unix_test.go b/src/cmds/restic/integration_helpers_unix_test.go
index bac687218..0d8936d37 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/integration_helpers_unix_test.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/integration_helpers_unix_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (e *dirEntry) equals(other *dirEntry) bool {
 	}
 
 	if stat.Nlink != stat2.Nlink {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v: Number of links doe not match (%v != %v)\n", e.path, stat.Nlink, stat2.Nlink)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v: Number of links do not match (%v != %v)\n", e.path, stat.Nlink, stat2.Nlink)
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go b/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go
index bca349071..8af537b9c 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@ func TestPrune(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHardLink(t *testing.T) {
+	// this test assumes a test set with a single directory containing hard linked files
 	withTestEnvironment(t, func(env *testEnvironment, gopts GlobalOptions) {
 		datafile := filepath.Join("testdata", "test.hl.tar.gz")
 		fd, err := os.Open(datafile)
@@ -1026,6 +1027,9 @@ func TestHardLink(t *testing.T) {
 		testRunInit(t, gopts)
 
 		SetupTarTestFixture(t, env.testdata, datafile)
+
+		linkTests := createFileSetPerHardlink(env.testdata)
+
 		opts := BackupOptions{}
 
 		// first backup
@@ -1043,8 +1047,80 @@ func TestHardLink(t *testing.T) {
 			testRunRestore(t, gopts, restoredir, snapshotIDs[0])
 			Assert(t, directoriesEqualContents(env.testdata, filepath.Join(restoredir, "testdata")),
 				"directories are not equal")
+
+			linkResults := createFileSetPerHardlink(filepath.Join(restoredir, "testdata"))
+			Assert(t, linksEqual(linkTests, linkResults),
+				"links are not equal")
 		}
 
 		testRunCheck(t, gopts)
 	})
 }
+
+func linksEqual(source, dest map[uint64][]string) bool {
+	for _, vs := range source {
+		found := false
+		for kd, vd := range dest {
+			if linkEqual(vs, vd) {
+				delete(dest, kd)
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(dest) != 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func linkEqual(source, dest []string) bool {
+	// equal if sliced are equal without considering order
+	if source == nil && dest == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if source == nil || dest == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(source) != len(dest) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := range source {
+		found := false
+		for j := range dest {
+			if source[i] == dest[j] {
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func createFileSetPerHardlink(dir string) map[uint64][]string {
+	var stat syscall.Stat_t
+	linkTests := make(map[uint64][]string)
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, f := range files {
+		if err := syscall.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, f.Name()), &stat); err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		linkTests[uint64(stat.Ino)] = append(linkTests[uint64(stat.Ino)], f.Name())
+	}
+	return linkTests
+}
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/testdata/test.hl.tar.gz b/src/cmds/restic/testdata/test.hl.tar.gz
index 21818a445..302578199 100644
Binary files a/src/cmds/restic/testdata/test.hl.tar.gz and b/src/cmds/restic/testdata/test.hl.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/src/restic/node.go b/src/restic/node.go
index ea8109727..253a33e9a 100644
--- a/src/restic/node.go
+++ b/src/restic/node.go
@@ -192,14 +192,12 @@ func (node Node) createDirAt(path string) error {
 }
 
 func (node Node) createFileAt(path string, repo Repository, idx *HardlinkIndex) error {
-	if node.Links > 1 {
-		if idx.Has(node.Inode, node.Device) {
-			err := fs.Link(idx.GetFilename(node.Inode, node.Device), path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Wrap(err, "CreateHardlink")
-			}
-			return nil
+	if node.Links > 1 && idx.Has(node.Inode, node.Device) {
+		err := fs.Link(idx.GetFilename(node.Inode, node.Device), path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "CreateHardlink")
 		}
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	f, err := fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)