diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 619b616..d4fcdda 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2886,18 +2886,19 @@
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_cap *cap;
 	struct ceph_mds_request_release *rel = *p;
+	int used, dirty;
 	int ret = 0;
-	int used = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	used = __ceph_caps_used(ci);
+	dirty = __ceph_caps_dirty(ci);
 
-	dout("encode_inode_release %p mds%d used %s drop %s unless %s\n", inode,
-	     mds, ceph_cap_string(used), ceph_cap_string(drop),
+	dout("encode_inode_release %p mds%d used|dirty %s drop %s unless %s\n",
+	     inode, mds, ceph_cap_string(used|dirty), ceph_cap_string(drop),
 	     ceph_cap_string(unless));
 
-	/* only drop unused caps */
-	drop &= ~used;
+	/* only drop unused, clean caps */
+	drop &= ~(used | dirty);
 
 	cap = __get_cap_for_mds(ci, mds);
 	if (cap && __cap_is_valid(cap)) {