diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index f51e873..2717dc4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@
 	struct ceph_mds_reply_inode *info = iinfo->in;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	int i;
-	int issued, implemented;
+	int issued = 0, implemented;
+	int updating_inode = 0;
 	struct timespec mtime, atime, ctime;
 	u32 nsplits;
 	struct ceph_buffer *xattr_blob = NULL;
@@ -599,7 +600,8 @@
 	if (le64_to_cpu(info->version) > 0 &&
 	    (ci->i_version & ~1) >= le64_to_cpu(info->version))
 		goto no_change;
-
+	
+	updating_inode = 1;
 	issued = __ceph_caps_issued(ci, &implemented);
 	issued |= implemented | __ceph_caps_dirty(ci);
 
@@ -707,17 +709,6 @@
 		ci->i_rfiles = le64_to_cpu(info->rfiles);
 		ci->i_rsubdirs = le64_to_cpu(info->rsubdirs);
 		ceph_decode_timespec(&ci->i_rctime, &info->rctime);
-
-		/* set dir completion flag? */
-		if (ci->i_files == 0 && ci->i_subdirs == 0 &&
-		    ceph_snap(inode) == CEPH_NOSNAP &&
-		    (le32_to_cpu(info->cap.caps) & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED) &&
-		    (issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL) == 0 &&
-		    (ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_COMPLETE) == 0) {
-			dout(" marking %p complete (empty)\n", inode);
-			/* ci->i_ceph_flags |= CEPH_I_COMPLETE; */
-			ci->i_max_offset = 2;
-		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		pr_err("fill_inode %llx.%llx BAD mode 0%o\n",
@@ -774,6 +765,19 @@
 		__ceph_get_fmode(ci, cap_fmode);
 	}
 
+	/* set dir completion flag? */
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) &&
+	    updating_inode &&                 /* didn't jump to no_change */
+	    ci->i_files == 0 && ci->i_subdirs == 0 &&
+	    ceph_snap(inode) == CEPH_NOSNAP &&
+	    (le32_to_cpu(info->cap.caps) & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED) &&
+	    (issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL) == 0 &&
+	    (ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_COMPLETE) == 0) {
+		dout(" marking %p complete (empty)\n", inode);
+		/* ci->i_ceph_flags |= CEPH_I_COMPLETE; */
+		ci->i_max_offset = 2;
+	}
+
 	/* update delegation info? */
 	if (dirinfo)
 		ceph_fill_dirfrag(inode, dirinfo);