struct ceph_msg *m;
        u64 ack = le64_to_cpu(con->in_temp_ack);
        u64 seq;
+       bool reconnect = (con->in_tag == CEPH_MSGR_TAG_SEQ);
+       struct list_head *list = reconnect ? &con->out_queue : &con->out_sent;
 
-       while (!list_empty(&con->out_sent)) {
-               m = list_first_entry(&con->out_sent, struct ceph_msg,
-                                    list_head);
+       /*
+        * In the reconnect case, con_fault() has requeued messages
+        * in out_sent. We should cleanup old messages according to
+        * the reconnect seq.
+        */
+       while (!list_empty(list)) {
+               m = list_first_entry(list, struct ceph_msg, list_head);
+               if (reconnect && m->needs_out_seq)
+                       break;
                seq = le64_to_cpu(m->hdr.seq);
                if (seq > ack)
                        break;
                m->ack_stamp = jiffies;
                ceph_msg_remove(m);
        }
+
        prepare_read_tag(con);
 }