diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 739c06611522b..fcad5d8ebcfa8 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void __cap_delay_requeue(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 				bool set_timeout)
 {
-	dout("__cap_delay_requeue %p flags %d at %lu\n", &ci->vfs_inode,
+	dout("__cap_delay_requeue %p flags 0x%lx at %lu\n", &ci->vfs_inode,
 	     ci->i_ceph_flags, ci->i_hold_caps_max);
 	if (!mdsc->stopping) {
 		spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_delay_lock);
@@ -1294,6 +1294,13 @@ static int __send_cap(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 	int delayed = 0;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Don't send anything if it's still being created. Return delayed */
+	if (ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_ASYNC_CREATE) {
+		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+		dout("%s async create in flight for %p\n", __func__, inode);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	held = cap->issued | cap->implemented;
 	revoking = cap->implemented & ~cap->issued;
 	retain &= ~revoking;
@@ -2253,6 +2260,10 @@ int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	if (datasync)
 		goto out;
 
+	ret = ceph_wait_on_async_create(inode);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	dirty = try_flush_caps(inode, &flush_tid);
 	dout("fsync dirty caps are %s\n", ceph_cap_string(dirty));
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index a87274935a095..5b83bda570565 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		struct ceph_dentry_info *di = ceph_dentry(dentry);
 
 		spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
-		dout(" dir %p flags are %d\n", dir, ci->i_ceph_flags);
+		dout(" dir %p flags are 0x%lx\n", dir, ci->i_ceph_flags);
 		if (strncmp(dentry->d_name.name,
 			    fsc->mount_options->snapdir_name,
 			    dentry->d_name.len) &&
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 9e8b2099e63f5..c433655eba625 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ static void kick_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int mds)
 int ceph_mdsc_submit_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, struct inode *dir,
 			      struct ceph_mds_request *req)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	/* take CAP_PIN refs for r_inode, r_parent, r_old_dentry */
 	if (req->r_inode)
@@ -2743,6 +2743,24 @@ int ceph_mdsc_submit_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, struct inode *dir,
 		ceph_get_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_old_dentry_dir),
 				  CEPH_CAP_PIN);
 
+	if (req->r_inode) {
+		err = ceph_wait_on_async_create(req->r_inode);
+		if (err) {
+			dout("%s: wait for async create returned: %d\n",
+			     __func__, err);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!err && req->r_old_inode) {
+		err = ceph_wait_on_async_create(req->r_old_inode);
+		if (err) {
+			dout("%s: wait for async create returned: %d\n",
+			     __func__, err);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+
 	dout("submit_request on %p for inode %p\n", req, dir);
 	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
 	__register_request(mdsc, req, dir);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 95ac00e59e66a..8043f2b439b14 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -538,4 +538,11 @@ extern void ceph_mdsc_open_export_target_sessions(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 extern int ceph_trim_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			  struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 			  int max_caps);
+static inline int ceph_wait_on_async_create(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
+
+	return wait_on_bit(&ci->i_ceph_flags, CEPH_ASYNC_CREATE_BIT,
+			   TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 7a93f37e7708e..00bf846e00141 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ struct ceph_inode_info {
 	u64 i_inline_version;
 	u32 i_time_warp_seq;
 
-	unsigned i_ceph_flags;
+	unsigned long i_ceph_flags;
 	atomic64_t i_release_count;
 	atomic64_t i_ordered_count;
 	atomic64_t i_complete_seq[2];
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ static inline struct inode *ceph_find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 #define CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE	(1 << 10) /* have seen write errors */
 #define CEPH_I_ERROR_FILELOCK	(1 << 11) /* have seen file lock errors */
 #define CEPH_I_ODIRECT		(1 << 12) /* inode in direct I/O mode */
+#define CEPH_ASYNC_CREATE_BIT	(13)	  /* async create in flight for this */
+#define CEPH_I_ASYNC_CREATE	(1 << CEPH_ASYNC_CREATE_BIT)
 
 /*
  * Masks of ceph inode work.