diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index a29ffce981879d5fe46f3858ee90c2fd840f98c1..b382e5910eea8bf7cf7a4711fac79104e6466224 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 		err = ceph_fs_debugfs_init(fsc);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto fail;
+	} else {
+		root = dget(fsc->sb->s_root);
 	}
 
 	fsc->mount_state = CEPH_MOUNT_MOUNTED;