diff --git a/fs/ceph/messenger.c b/fs/ceph/messenger.c
index f35b4945a9c3a322090c427d118a13e4dd9d1a8a..5c75d5d32b27c525be580166edda112366d215cf 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ static char tag_msg = CEPH_MSGR_TAG_MSG;
 static char tag_ack = CEPH_MSGR_TAG_ACK;
 static char tag_keepalive = CEPH_MSGR_TAG_KEEPALIVE;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+static struct lock_class_key socket_class;
+#endif
+
 
 static void queue_con(struct ceph_connection *con);
 static void con_work(struct work_struct *);
@@ -227,6 +231,10 @@ static struct socket *ceph_tcp_connect(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	con->sock = sock;
 	sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOFS;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	lockdep_set_class(&sock->sk->sk_lock, &socket_class);
+#endif
+
 	set_sock_callbacks(sock, con);
 
 	dout("connect %s\n", pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr));