diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 010ba9c..9fa0866 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1331,10 +1331,11 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Mark caps dirty.  If inode is newly dirty, add to the global dirty
- * list.
+ * Mark caps dirty.  If inode is newly dirty, return the dirty flags.
+ * Caller is then responsible for calling __mark_inode_dirty with the
+ * returned flags value.
  */
-void __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask)
+int __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask)
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
 		ceph_sb_to_client(ci->vfs_inode.i_sb)->mdsc;
@@ -1365,9 +1366,8 @@
 	if (((was | ci->i_flushing_caps) & CEPH_CAP_FILE_BUFFER) &&
 	    (mask & CEPH_CAP_FILE_BUFFER))
 		dirty |= I_DIRTY_DATASYNC;
-	if (dirty)
-		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, dirty);
 	__cap_delay_requeue(mdsc, ci);
+	return dirty;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 159b512..203252d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -734,9 +734,12 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (ret >= 0) {
+		int dirty;
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		__ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, CEPH_CAP_FILE_WR);
+		dirty = __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, CEPH_CAP_FILE_WR);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		if (dirty)
+			__mark_inode_dirty(inode, dirty);
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index b54c97da..03d6daf 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1567,6 +1567,7 @@
 	int release = 0, dirtied = 0;
 	int mask = 0;
 	int err = 0;
+	int inode_dirty_flags = 0;
 
 	if (ceph_snap(inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
 		return -EROFS;
@@ -1725,13 +1726,16 @@
 		dout("setattr %p ATTR_FILE ... hrm!\n", inode);
 
 	if (dirtied) {
-		__ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, dirtied);
+		inode_dirty_flags = __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, dirtied);
 		inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	}
 
 	release &= issued;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
+	if (inode_dirty_flags)
+		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, inode_dirty_flags);
+
 	if (mask) {
 		req->r_inode = igrab(inode);
 		req->r_inode_drop = release;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 619fe71..b1f1b8b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
 {
 	return ci->i_dirty_caps | ci->i_flushing_caps;
 }
-extern void __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask);
+extern int __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask);
 
 extern int ceph_caps_revoking(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int mask);
 extern int __ceph_caps_used(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 8c9eba6..f2b6286 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@
 	struct ceph_inode_xattr *xattr = NULL;
 	int issued;
 	int required_blob_size;
+	int dirty;
 
 	if (ceph_snap(inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
 		return -EROFS;
@@ -763,11 +764,12 @@
 	dout("setxattr %p issued %s\n", inode, ceph_cap_string(issued));
 	err = __set_xattr(ci, newname, name_len, newval,
 			  val_len, 1, 1, 1, &xattr);
-	__ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL);
+	dirty = __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL);
 	ci->i_xattrs.dirty = true;
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
+	if (dirty)
+		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, dirty);
 	return err;
 
 do_sync:
@@ -810,6 +812,7 @@
 	struct ceph_vxattr_cb *vxattrs = ceph_inode_vxattrs(inode);
 	int issued;
 	int err;
+	int dirty;
 
 	if (ceph_snap(inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
 		return -EROFS;
@@ -833,12 +836,13 @@
 		goto do_sync;
 
 	err = __remove_xattr_by_name(ceph_inode(inode), name);
-	__ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL);
+	dirty = __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL);
 	ci->i_xattrs.dirty = true;
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
+	if (dirty)
+		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, dirty);
 	return err;
 do_sync:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);