diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 8a9116e15b701a809d6b6d78636c97d56bc81c97..aed8fda3302497dcc1b9d6421ce6d881f58ee143 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ struct dentry *ceph_finish_lookup(struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 		struct inode *inode = ceph_get_snapdir(parent);
 		dout("ENOENT on snapdir %p '%.*s', linking to snapdir %p\n",
 		     dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, inode);
+		BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(dentry));
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 		err = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index aca82d55cc53882a5fc3af08955e56a9f317e8cd..26f883c275e85e6746f23884015d08777cbff95d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ int ceph_fill_trace(struct super_block *sb, struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 	struct inode *in = NULL;
 	struct ceph_mds_reply_inode *ininfo;
 	struct ceph_vino vino;
+	struct ceph_client *client = ceph_sb_to_client(sb);
 	int i = 0;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -949,7 +950,14 @@ int ceph_fill_trace(struct super_block *sb, struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	if (rinfo->head->is_dentry && !req->r_aborted) {
+	/*
+	 * ignore null lease/binding on snapdir ENOENT, or else we
+	 * will have trouble splicing in the virtual snapdir later
+	 */
+	if (rinfo->head->is_dentry && !req->r_aborted &&
+	    (rinfo->head->is_target || strncmp(req->r_dentry->d_name.name,
+					       client->mount_args->snapdir_name,
+					       req->r_dentry->d_name.len))) {
 		/*
 		 * lookup link rename   : null -> possibly existing inode
 		 * mknod symlink mkdir  : null -> new inode