diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 6e0942f33dd81884483a08dce13b3c8f84c796d6..04b207b0c842cf1170c099183750ab4028668fcf 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2689,6 +2689,11 @@ static void handle_cap_import(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		     NULL /* no caps context */);
 	try_flush_caps(inode, session, NULL);
 	up_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
+
+	/* make sure we re-request max_size, if necessary */
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	ci->i_requested_max_size = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
 /*