}
        if (child_request)
                img_request_child_set(img_request);
-       if (rbd_dev->parent_spec)
+       if (rbd_dev->parent_overlap)
                img_request_layered_set(img_request);
        spin_lock_init(&img_request->completion_lock);
        img_request->next_completion = 0;
        __le64 snapid;
        void *p;
        void *end;
+       u64 pool_id;
        char *image_id;
        u64 overlap;
        int ret;
        p = reply_buf;
        end = reply_buf + ret;
        ret = -ERANGE;
-       ceph_decode_64_safe(&p, end, parent_spec->pool_id, out_err);
-       if (parent_spec->pool_id == CEPH_NOPOOL)
+       ceph_decode_64_safe(&p, end, pool_id, out_err);
+       if (pool_id == CEPH_NOPOOL)
                goto out;       /* No parent?  No problem. */
 
        /* The ceph file layout needs to fit pool id in 32 bits */
 
        ret = -EIO;
-       if (parent_spec->pool_id > (u64)U32_MAX) {
+       if (pool_id > (u64)U32_MAX) {
                rbd_warn(NULL, "parent pool id too large (%llu > %u)\n",
-                       (unsigned long long)parent_spec->pool_id, U32_MAX);
+                       (unsigned long long)pool_id, U32_MAX);
                goto out_err;
        }
+       parent_spec->pool_id = pool_id;
 
        image_id = ceph_extract_encoded_string(&p, end, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (IS_ERR(image_id)) {
        ceph_decode_64_safe(&p, end, overlap, out_err);
 
        if (overlap) {
+               rbd_spec_put(rbd_dev->parent_spec);
                rbd_dev->parent_spec = parent_spec;
                parent_spec = NULL;     /* rbd_dev now owns this */
                rbd_dev->parent_overlap = overlap;
                        goto out;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * If the image supports layering, get the parent info.  We
+        * need to probe the first time regardless.  Thereafter we
+        * only need to if there's a parent, to see if it has
+        * disappeared due to the mapped image getting flattened.
+        */
+       if (rbd_dev->header.features & RBD_FEATURE_LAYERING &&
+                       (first_time || rbd_dev->parent_spec)) {
+               bool warn;
+
+               ret = rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(rbd_dev);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out;
+
+               /*
+                * Print a warning if this is the initial probe and
+                * the image has a parent.  Don't print it if the
+                * image now being probed is itself a parent.  We
+                * can tell at this point because we won't know its
+                * pool name yet (just its pool id).
+                */
+               warn = rbd_dev->parent_spec && rbd_dev->spec->pool_name;
+               if (first_time && warn)
+                       rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "WARNING: kernel layering "
+                                       "is EXPERIMENTAL!");
+       }
+
        ret = rbd_dev_v2_image_size(rbd_dev);
        if (ret)
                goto out;
+
        if (rbd_dev->spec->snap_id == CEPH_NOSNAP)
                if (rbd_dev->mapping.size != rbd_dev->header.image_size)
                        rbd_dev->mapping.size = rbd_dev->header.image_size;
 
        ret = rbd_dev_v2_snap_context(rbd_dev);
        dout("rbd_dev_v2_snap_context returned %d\n", ret);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
 out:
        up_write(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);
 
        if (ret)
                goto out_err;
 
-       /* If the image supports layering, get the parent info */
-
-       if (rbd_dev->header.features & RBD_FEATURE_LAYERING) {
-               ret = rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(rbd_dev);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out_err;
-               /*
-                * Print a warning if this image has a parent.
-                * Don't print it if the image now being probed
-                * is itself a parent.  We can tell at this point
-                * because we won't know its pool name yet (just its
-                * pool id).
-                */
-               if (rbd_dev->parent_spec && rbd_dev->spec->pool_name)
-                       rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "WARNING: kernel layering "
-                                       "is EXPERIMENTAL!");
-       }
-
        /* If the image supports fancy striping, get its parameters */
 
        if (rbd_dev->header.features & RBD_FEATURE_STRIPINGV2) {
 
        return 0;
 out_err:
-       rbd_dev->parent_overlap = 0;
-       rbd_spec_put(rbd_dev->parent_spec);
-       rbd_dev->parent_spec = NULL;
-       kfree(rbd_dev->header_name);
-       rbd_dev->header_name = NULL;
+       rbd_dev->header.features = 0;
        kfree(rbd_dev->header.object_prefix);
        rbd_dev->header.object_prefix = NULL;