diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3d83ec25d4ba..196230cf9459 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 12a2f643b0e6e791ba61485430d0003eeb3e373c
+refs/heads/master: 3540303f87115cbdae6ed2cab44ce6a7676d48d3
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ceph/caps.c b/trunk/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 2a5404c1c42f..591202bc9668 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ int ceph_add_cap(struct inode *inode,
 		list_add_tail(&cap->session_caps, &session->s_caps);
 		session->s_nr_caps++;
 		spin_unlock(&session->s_cap_lock);
-	}
+	} else if (new_cap)
+		ceph_put_cap(mdsc, new_cap);
 
 	if (!ci->i_snap_realm) {
 		/*