diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index e86ec1155f8f401ec2722f6b8ae005f48c6d9a42..24067d68a5549769df4be2c2a2574c36d6dcf702 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void ceph_put_snap_realm(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		up_write(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 	} else {
 		spin_lock(&mdsc->snap_empty_lock);
-		list_add(&mdsc->snap_empty, &realm->empty_item);
+		list_add(&realm->empty_item, &mdsc->snap_empty);
 		spin_unlock(&mdsc->snap_empty_lock);
 	}
 }