diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 7ae83d06d48c..cb551c9e5867 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1829,6 +1829,7 @@ static u64 __mark_caps_flushing(struct inode *inode,
 	swap(cf, ci->i_prealloc_cap_flush);
 	cf->caps = flushing;
 	cf->wake = wake;
+	cf->ci = ci;
 
 	spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
 	list_del_init(&ci->i_dirty_item);
@@ -3588,6 +3589,10 @@ static void handle_cap_flush_ack(struct inode *inode, u64 flush_tid,
 	bool wake_ci = false;
 	bool wake_mdsc = false;
 
+	/* track latest cap flush ack seen for this inode */
+	if (flush_tid > ci->i_last_cap_flush_ack)
+		ci->i_last_cap_flush_ack = flush_tid;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cf, tmp_cf, &ci->i_cap_flush_list, i_list) {
 		/* Is this the one that was flushed? */
 		if (cf->tid == flush_tid)
@@ -4116,7 +4121,11 @@ void ceph_handle_caps(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 	     (unsigned)seq);
 
 	if (!inode) {
-		dout(" i don't have ino %llx\n", vino.ino);
+		if (op == CEPH_CAP_OP_FLUSH_ACK)
+			pr_info("%s: can't find ino %llx:%llx for flush_ack!\n",
+				__func__, vino.snap, vino.ino);
+		else
+			dout(" i don't have ino %llx\n", vino.ino);
 
 		if (op == CEPH_CAP_OP_IMPORT) {
 			cap = ceph_get_cap(mdsc, NULL);
@@ -4169,10 +4178,14 @@ void ceph_handle_caps(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	cap = __get_cap_for_mds(ceph_inode(inode), session->s_mds);
 	if (!cap) {
-		dout(" no cap on %p ino %llx.%llx from mds%d\n",
+		dout(" no cap on %p ino %llx:%llx from mds%d\n",
 		     inode, ceph_ino(inode), ceph_snap(inode),
 		     session->s_mds);
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+		if (op == CEPH_CAP_OP_FLUSH_ACK)
+			pr_info("%s: no cap on %p ino %llx:%llx from mds%d for flush_ack!\n",
+				__func__, inode, ceph_ino(inode),
+				ceph_snap(inode), session->s_mds);
 		goto flush_cap_releases;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 1bd2cc015913..84e4f112fc45 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ struct inode *ceph_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ci->i_cap_snaps);
 	ci->i_head_snapc = NULL;
 	ci->i_snap_caps = 0;
+	ci->i_last_cap_flush_ack = 0;
 
 	ci->i_last_rd = ci->i_last_wr = jiffies - 3600 * HZ;
 	for (i = 0; i < CEPH_FILE_MODE_BITS; i++)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index c3fa0c0e4f6c..fc26527b8059 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2064,6 +2064,24 @@ static int check_caps_flush(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void dump_cap_flushes(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, u64 want_tid)
+{
+	struct ceph_cap_flush *cf;
+
+	pr_info("%s: still waiting for cap flushes through %llu\n:\n",
+		__func__, want_tid);
+	spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(cf, &mdsc->cap_flush_list, g_list) {
+		if (cf->tid > want_tid)
+			break;
+		pr_info("%llx:%llx %s %llu %llu %d\n",
+			ceph_vinop(&cf->ci->vfs_inode),
+			ceph_cap_string(cf->caps), cf->tid,
+			cf->ci->i_last_cap_flush_ack, cf->wake);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * flush all dirty inode data to disk.
  *
@@ -2072,10 +2090,19 @@ static int check_caps_flush(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 static void wait_caps_flush(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			    u64 want_flush_tid)
 {
+	long ret;
+
 	dout("check_caps_flush want %llu\n", want_flush_tid);
 
-	wait_event(mdsc->cap_flushing_wq,
-		   check_caps_flush(mdsc, want_flush_tid));
+	do {
+		ret = wait_event_timeout(mdsc->cap_flushing_wq,
+			   check_caps_flush(mdsc, want_flush_tid), 60 * HZ);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			dump_cap_flushes(mdsc, want_flush_tid);
+		else if (ret == 1)
+			pr_info("%s: condition evaluated to true after timeout!\n",
+				  __func__);
+	} while (ret == 0);
 
 	dout("check_caps_flush ok, flushed thru %llu\n", want_flush_tid);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 07eb542efa1d..d51d42a00f33 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ struct ceph_cap_flush {
 	bool wake; /* wake up flush waiters when finish ? */
 	struct list_head g_list; // global
 	struct list_head i_list; // per inode
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ struct ceph_inode_info {
 	struct ceph_snap_context *i_head_snapc;  /* set if wr_buffer_head > 0 or
 						    dirty|flushing caps */
 	unsigned i_snap_caps;           /* cap bits for snapped files */
+	u64 i_last_cap_flush_ack;		/* latest cap flush_ack tid for this inode */
 
 	unsigned long i_last_rd;
 	unsigned long i_last_wr;
