diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 210496dc2fd4..e1fda3923944 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1636,6 +1636,7 @@ void ceph_flush_snaps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 	struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode)->mdsc;
 	struct ceph_mds_session *session = NULL;
+	bool need_put = false;
 	int mds;
 
 	dout("ceph_flush_snaps %p\n", inode);
@@ -1687,8 +1688,13 @@ out:
 	}
 	/* we flushed them all; remove this inode from the queue */
 	spin_lock(&mdsc->snap_flush_lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&ci->i_snap_flush_item))
+		need_put = true;
 	list_del_init(&ci->i_snap_flush_item);
 	spin_unlock(&mdsc->snap_flush_lock);
+
+	if (need_put)
+		iput(inode);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 8e6fc45ccc9e..db464682b2cb 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -647,8 +647,10 @@ int __ceph_finish_cap_snap(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 	     capsnap->size);
 
 	spin_lock(&mdsc->snap_flush_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&ci->i_snap_flush_item))
+	if (list_empty(&ci->i_snap_flush_item)) {
+		ihold(inode);
 		list_add_tail(&ci->i_snap_flush_item, &mdsc->snap_flush_list);
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&mdsc->snap_flush_lock);
 	return 1;  /* caller may want to ceph_flush_snaps */
 }