diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 38c930384d41..ac8fd5e7f540 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -4377,6 +4377,7 @@ static void flush_dirty_session_caps(struct ceph_mds_session *s)
 		ihold(inode);
 		dout("flush_dirty_caps %llx.%llx\n", ceph_vinop(inode));
 		spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
+		ceph_wait_on_async_create(inode);
 		ceph_check_caps(ci, CHECK_CAPS_FLUSH, NULL);
 		iput(inode);
 		spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);