diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index c7542e8dd096..a11fa0b6b34d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1237,20 +1237,23 @@ static int send_cap_msg(struct cap_msg_args *arg)
 }
 
 /*
- * Queue cap releases when an inode is dropped from our cache.  Since
- * inode is about to be destroyed, there is no need for i_ceph_lock.
+ * Queue cap releases when an inode is dropped from our cache.
  */
 void ceph_queue_caps_release(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct rb_node *p;
 
+	/* lock i_ceph_lock, because ceph_d_revalidate(..., LOOKUP_RCU)
+	 * may call __ceph_caps_issued_mask() on a freeing inode. */
+	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	p = rb_first(&ci->i_caps);
 	while (p) {
 		struct ceph_cap *cap = rb_entry(p, struct ceph_cap, ci_node);
 		p = rb_next(p);
 		__ceph_remove_cap(cap, true);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 }
 
 /*