diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 652619950fa92834ecb79580c46bcff7d2aa1a76..fcfd0abc8c38a5c2d121b719faf929a9be656a33 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -812,7 +812,9 @@ static int ceph_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 		acls.pagelist = NULL;
 	}
 	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, dir, req);
-	if (!err && !req->r_reply_info.head->is_dentry)
+	if (!err &&
+	    !req->r_reply_info.head->is_target &&
+	    !req->r_reply_info.head->is_dentry)
 		err = ceph_handle_notrace_create(dir, dentry);
 	ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
 out: