diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index f091b1351786368de18757d8cb262a19d1006bf1..fad95f8f2608bc4e86c0876bedd81cb5be46a4ef 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2374,6 +2374,8 @@ static int encode_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 						num_fcntl_locks,
 						num_flock_locks);
 		unlock_kernel();
+	} else {
+		err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &rec, reclen);
 	}
 
 out_free: