1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index a40ceda47a32..868b61d56cac 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ static int ceph_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
         req->r_locked_dir = dir;
         req->r_dentry_drop = CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED;
         req->r_dentry_unless = CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL;
+        /* release LINK_SHARED on source inode (mds will lock it) */
+        req->r_old_inode_drop = CEPH_CAP_LINK_SHARED;
         err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, dir, req);
         if (err) {
                 d_drop(dentry);