diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index f654c7e933ac8534b5e070eb53870039144c71cc..7def3f5903dd5b64f68c32f8409318460a2875de 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1560,9 +1560,10 @@ void ceph_check_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int flags,
 		/* NOTE: no side-effects allowed, until we take s_mutex */
 
 		revoking = cap->implemented & ~cap->issued;
-		if (revoking)
-			dout(" mds%d revoking %s\n", cap->mds,
-			     ceph_cap_string(revoking));
+		dout(" mds%d cap %p issued %s implemented %s revoking %s\n",
+		     cap->mds, cap, ceph_cap_string(cap->issued),
+		     ceph_cap_string(cap->implemented),
+		     ceph_cap_string(revoking));
 
 		if (cap == ci->i_auth_cap &&
 		    (cap->issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_WR)) {
@@ -1942,6 +1943,35 @@ void ceph_kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	}
 }
 
+static void kick_flushing_inode_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
+				     struct ceph_mds_session *session,
+				     struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
+	struct ceph_cap *cap;
+	int delayed = 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	cap = ci->i_auth_cap;
+	dout("kick_flushing_inode_caps %p flushing %s flush_seq %lld\n", inode,
+	     ceph_cap_string(ci->i_flushing_caps), ci->i_cap_flush_seq);
+	__ceph_flush_snaps(ci, &session, 1);
+	if (ci->i_flushing_caps) {
+		delayed = __send_cap(mdsc, cap, CEPH_CAP_OP_FLUSH,
+				     __ceph_caps_used(ci),
+				     __ceph_caps_wanted(ci),
+				     cap->issued | cap->implemented,
+				     ci->i_flushing_caps, NULL);
+		if (delayed) {
+			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+			__cap_delay_requeue(mdsc, ci);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		}
+	} else {
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	}
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Take references to capabilities we hold, so that we don't release
@@ -2689,7 +2719,7 @@ static void handle_cap_import(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	ceph_add_cap(inode, session, cap_id, -1,
 		     issued, wanted, seq, mseq, realmino, CEPH_CAP_FLAG_AUTH,
 		     NULL /* no caps context */);
-	try_flush_caps(inode, session, NULL);
+	kick_flushing_inode_caps(mdsc, session, inode);
 	up_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 
 	/* make sure we re-request max_size, if necessary */