CEPH_CAP_FILE_BUFFER|
                      CEPH_CAP_AUTH_EXCL|
                      CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL)) {
-               if (timespec_compare(ctime, &inode->i_ctime) > 0) {
+               if (ci->i_version == 0 ||
+                   timespec_compare(ctime, &inode->i_ctime) > 0) {
                        dout("ctime %ld.%09ld -> %ld.%09ld inc w/ cap\n",
                             inode->i_ctime.tv_sec, inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec,
                             ctime->tv_sec, ctime->tv_nsec);
                        inode->i_ctime = *ctime;
                }
-               if (ceph_seq_cmp(time_warp_seq, ci->i_time_warp_seq) > 0) {
+               if (ci->i_version == 0 ||
+                   ceph_seq_cmp(time_warp_seq, ci->i_time_warp_seq) > 0) {
                        /* the MDS did a utimes() */
                        dout("mtime %ld.%09ld -> %ld.%09ld "
                             "tw %d -> %d\n",
        new_issued = ~issued & le32_to_cpu(info->cap.caps);
 
        /* update inode */
-       ci->i_version = le64_to_cpu(info->version);
        inode->i_rdev = le32_to_cpu(info->rdev);
        inode->i_blkbits = fls(le32_to_cpu(info->layout.fl_stripe_unit)) - 1;
 
                xattr_blob = NULL;
        }
 
+       /* finally update i_version */
+       ci->i_version = le64_to_cpu(info->version);
+
        inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ceph_aops;
 
        switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {