diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index aa43dcb..44852c3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2540,6 +2540,7 @@
 
 	/* insert trace into our cache */
 	mutex_lock(&req->r_fill_mutex);
+	current->journal_info = req;
 	err = ceph_fill_trace(mdsc->fsc->sb, req, req->r_session);
 	if (err == 0) {
 		if (result == 0 && (req->r_op == CEPH_MDS_OP_READDIR ||
@@ -2547,6 +2548,7 @@
 			ceph_readdir_prepopulate(req, req->r_session);
 		ceph_unreserve_caps(mdsc, &req->r_caps_reservation);
 	}
+	current->journal_info = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&req->r_fill_mutex);
 
 	up_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);