diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 518beb628f0920afff3b063251ce26a12af46245..71e107fb4dbcdc9dacf5c2e248db890cb692e28f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -915,6 +915,16 @@ int ceph_fill_trace(struct super_block *sb, struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 	}
 
 	if (rinfo->head->is_dentry) {
+		struct inode *dir = req->r_locked_dir;
+
+		err = fill_inode(dir, &rinfo->diri, rinfo->dirfrag,
+				 session, req->r_request_started, -1,
+				 &req->r_caps_reservation);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	if (rinfo->head->is_dentry && !req->r_aborted) {
 		/*
 		 * lookup link rename   : null -> possibly existing inode
 		 * mknod symlink mkdir  : null -> new inode
@@ -932,12 +942,6 @@ int ceph_fill_trace(struct super_block *sb, struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 		BUG_ON(ceph_snap(dir) !=
 		       le64_to_cpu(rinfo->diri.in->snapid));
 
-		err = fill_inode(dir, &rinfo->diri, rinfo->dirfrag,
-				 session, req->r_request_started, -1,
-				 &req->r_caps_reservation);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
-
 		/* do we have a lease on the whole dir? */
 		have_dir_cap =
 			(le32_to_cpu(rinfo->diri.in->cap.caps) &
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 6e08f488a30f0d8535dcb43779855531e82bef38..623c67cd484ba35f8dc43c323a8a3c381ebd5a2d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1624,11 +1624,29 @@ int ceph_mdsc_do_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		err = PTR_ERR(req->r_reply);
 		req->r_reply = NULL;
 
-		/* clean up */
-		__unregister_request(mdsc, req);
-		if (!list_empty(&req->r_unsafe_item))
-			list_del_init(&req->r_unsafe_item);
-		complete(&req->r_safe_completion);
+		if (err == -ERESTARTSYS) {
+			/* aborted */
+			req->r_aborted = true;
+
+			if (req->r_locked_dir &&
+			    (req->r_op & CEPH_MDS_OP_WRITE)) {
+				struct ceph_inode_info *ci =
+					ceph_inode(req->r_locked_dir);
+
+				dout("aborted, clearing I_COMPLETE on %p\n", 
+				     req->r_locked_dir);
+				spin_lock(&req->r_locked_dir->i_lock);
+				ci->i_ceph_flags &= ~CEPH_I_COMPLETE;
+				ci->i_release_count++;
+				spin_unlock(&req->r_locked_dir->i_lock);
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* clean up this request */
+			__unregister_request(mdsc, req);
+			if (!list_empty(&req->r_unsafe_item))
+				list_del_init(&req->r_unsafe_item);
+			complete(&req->r_safe_completion);
+		}
 	} else if (req->r_err) {
 		err = req->r_err;
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index b1c2025227c5d45c9b74e2238fe1dbe84a7dabd5..ee71495e27c4c6d7a6d0aa24e9aa41131e860258 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct ceph_mds_request {
 	struct ceph_msg  *r_reply;
 	struct ceph_mds_reply_info_parsed r_reply_info;
 	int r_err;
+	bool r_aborted;
 
 	unsigned long r_timeout;  /* optional.  jiffies */
 	unsigned long r_started;  /* start time to measure timeout against */