diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 29cf00220b09c41f553b31f573fc35b2cdd5c99f..4c0f22acf53d294a1c80e93f5c9ee8ad55bb8e3d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ static int reconnect_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, int mds, void *arg)
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct ceph_cap *cap;
 	char *path;
-	int pathlen = 0, err = 0;
+	int pathlen = 0, err;
 	u64 pathbase;
 	u64 snap_follows;
 
@@ -3965,6 +3965,7 @@ static int reconnect_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, int mds, void *arg)
 	cap = __get_cap_for_mds(ci, mds);
 	if (!cap) {
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+		err = 0;
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 	dout(" adding %p ino %llx.%llx cap %p %lld %s\n",
diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 87007203f130e14abf51cdf54a5c3d388ba9ab97..0b236ebd989fcae8853e1af3bbaf2c9f00d4f0e4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,19 @@ void ceph_handle_snap(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				continue;
 			adjust_snap_realm_parent(mdsc, child, realm->ino);
 		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * In the non-split case both 'num_split_inos' and
+		 * 'num_split_realms' should be 0, making this a no-op.
+		 * However the MDS happens to populate 'split_realms' list
+		 * in one of the UPDATE op cases by mistake.
+		 *
+		 * Skip both lists just in case to ensure that 'p' is
+		 * positioned at the start of realm info, as expected by
+		 * ceph_update_snap_trace().
+		 */
+		p += sizeof(u64) * num_split_inos;
+		p += sizeof(u64) * num_split_realms;
 	}
 
 	/*