diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 8c8cb8fe3d32..5d05c77c158d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -474,7 +474,12 @@ static inline void __ceph_dir_set_complete(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 					   long long release_count,
 					   long long ordered_count)
 {
-	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	/*
+	 * Makes sure operations that setup readdir cache (update page
+	 * cache and i_size) are strongly ordered w.r.t. the following
+	 * atomic64_set() operations.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
 	atomic64_set(&ci->i_complete_seq[0], release_count);
 	atomic64_set(&ci->i_complete_seq[1], ordered_count);
 }