return err;
 }
 
+static int check_cap_flush(struct inode *inode, u64 want_flush_seq)
+{
+       struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
+       int ret;
+       spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+       if (ci->i_flushing_caps)
+               ret = ci->i_cap_flush_seq >= want_flush_seq;
+       else
+               ret = 1;
+       spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * flush all dirty inode data to disk.
  *
  * returns true if we've flushed through want_flush_seq
  */
-static int check_cap_flush(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, u64 want_flush_seq)
+static void wait_caps_flush(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, u64 want_flush_seq)
 {
-       int mds, ret = 1;
+       int mds;
 
        dout("check_cap_flush want %lld\n", want_flush_seq);
        mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
-       for (mds = 0; ret && mds < mdsc->max_sessions; mds++) {
+       for (mds = 0; mds < mdsc->max_sessions; mds++) {
                struct ceph_mds_session *session = mdsc->sessions[mds];
+               struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
                if (!session)
                        continue;
                                list_entry(session->s_cap_flushing.next,
                                           struct ceph_inode_info,
                                           i_flushing_item);
-                       struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
 
-                       spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
-                       if (ci->i_cap_flush_seq <= want_flush_seq) {
+                       if (!check_cap_flush(&ci->vfs_inode, want_flush_seq)) {
                                dout("check_cap_flush still flushing %p "
-                                    "seq %lld <= %lld to mds%d\n", inode,
-                                    ci->i_cap_flush_seq, want_flush_seq,
-                                    session->s_mds);
-                               ret = 0;
+                                    "seq %lld <= %lld to mds%d\n",
+                                    &ci->vfs_inode, ci->i_cap_flush_seq,
+                                    want_flush_seq, session->s_mds);
+                               inode = igrab(&ci->vfs_inode);
                        }
-                       spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
                }
                mutex_unlock(&session->s_mutex);
                ceph_put_mds_session(session);
 
-               if (!ret)
-                       return ret;
+               if (inode) {
+                       wait_event(mdsc->cap_flushing_wq,
+                                  check_cap_flush(inode, want_flush_seq));
+                       iput(inode);
+               }
+
                mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
        dout("check_cap_flush ok, flushed thru %lld\n", want_flush_seq);
-       return ret;
 }
 
 /*
        dout("sync\n");
        mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
        want_tid = mdsc->last_tid;
-       want_flush = mdsc->cap_flush_seq;
        mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
-       dout("sync want tid %lld flush_seq %lld\n", want_tid, want_flush);
 
        ceph_flush_dirty_caps(mdsc);
+       spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
+       want_flush = mdsc->cap_flush_seq;
+       spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
+
+       dout("sync want tid %lld flush_seq %lld\n", want_tid, want_flush);
 
        wait_unsafe_requests(mdsc, want_tid);
-       wait_event(mdsc->cap_flushing_wq, check_cap_flush(mdsc, want_flush));
+       wait_caps_flush(mdsc, want_flush);
 }
 
 /*