diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c89770b555f2..af558257435e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6b4a3b517a767c483d16a200730b2967e0e23b83
+refs/heads/master: 9d6fcb081a4770c3772c51c59c7251c22716d7bb
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ceph/addr.c b/trunk/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 54967268a340..33da49dc3cc6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 		op->payload_len = cpu_to_le32(len);
 		req->r_request->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(len);
 
-		ceph_osdc_start_request(&fsc->client->osdc, req, true);
+		rc = ceph_osdc_start_request(&fsc->client->osdc, req, true);
+		BUG_ON(rc);
 		req = NULL;
 
 		/* continue? */
diff --git a/trunk/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/trunk/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 9adbb01d23ad..caa092eb0009 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -1677,8 +1677,14 @@ int ceph_osdc_start_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 	 */
 	if (req->r_sent == 0) {
 		rc = __map_request(osdc, req);
-		if (rc < 0)
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			if (nofail) {
+				dout("osdc_start_request failed map, "
+				     " will retry %lld\n", req->r_tid);
+				rc = 0;
+			}
 			goto out_unlock;
+		}
 		if (req->r_osd == NULL) {
 			dout("send_request %p no up osds in pg\n", req);
 			ceph_monc_request_next_osdmap(&osdc->client->monc);