diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9bed5b691fd0..9d153242eb00 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 052bb34af3bf8ae2001b9f03d884ba0def3e427c
+refs/heads/master: 8b218b8a4a65bf4e304ae8690cadb9100ef029c0
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 7abe1aed819b..aca82d55cc53 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -378,6 +378,22 @@ void ceph_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	ceph_queue_caps_release(inode);
 
+	/*
+	 * we may still have a snap_realm reference if there are stray
+	 * caps in i_cap_exporting_issued or i_snap_caps.
+	 */
+	if (ci->i_snap_realm) {
+		struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
+			&ceph_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
+		struct ceph_snap_realm *realm = ci->i_snap_realm;
+
+		dout(" dropping residual ref to snap realm %p\n", realm);
+		spin_lock(&realm->inodes_with_caps_lock);
+		list_del_init(&ci->i_snap_realm_item);
+		spin_unlock(&realm->inodes_with_caps_lock);
+		ceph_put_snap_realm(mdsc, realm);
+	}
+
 	kfree(ci->i_symlink);
 	while ((n = rb_first(&ci->i_fragtree)) != NULL) {
 		frag = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_inode_frag, node);