diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 36a8dc699448c..f976939f771f0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2257,8 +2257,6 @@ int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	if (datasync)
 		goto out;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
-
 	dirty = try_flush_caps(inode, &flush_tid);
 	dout("fsync dirty caps are %s\n", ceph_cap_string(dirty));
 
@@ -2273,7 +2271,6 @@ int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		ret = wait_event_interruptible(ci->i_cap_wq,
 					caps_are_flushed(inode, flush_tid));
 	}
-	inode_unlock(inode);
 out:
 	dout("fsync %p%s result=%d\n", inode, datasync ? " datasync" : "", ret);
 	return ret;