diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 82df349b84f7..f5d9835264aa 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -933,6 +933,11 @@ void __ceph_remove_cap(struct ceph_cap *cap, bool queue_release)
 
 	dout("__ceph_remove_cap %p from %p\n", cap, &ci->vfs_inode);
 
+	/* remove from inode's cap rbtree, and clear auth cap */
+	rb_erase(&cap->ci_node, &ci->i_caps);
+	if (ci->i_auth_cap == cap)
+		ci->i_auth_cap = NULL;
+
 	/* remove from session list */
 	spin_lock(&session->s_cap_lock);
 	if (session->s_cap_iterator == cap) {
@@ -968,11 +973,6 @@ void __ceph_remove_cap(struct ceph_cap *cap, bool queue_release)
 
 	spin_unlock(&session->s_cap_lock);
 
-	/* remove from inode list */
-	rb_erase(&cap->ci_node, &ci->i_caps);
-	if (ci->i_auth_cap == cap)
-		ci->i_auth_cap = NULL;
-
 	if (removed)
 		ceph_put_cap(mdsc, cap);