diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index c0db0e9e82d2..ba94ad6d45fe 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -4785,7 +4785,22 @@ int ceph_drop_caps_for_unlink(struct inode *inode)
 		if (__ceph_caps_dirty(ci)) {
 			struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
 				ceph_inode_to_fs_client(inode)->mdsc;
-			__cap_delay_requeue_front(mdsc, ci);
+
+			doutc(mdsc->fsc->client, "%p %llx.%llx\n", inode,
+			      ceph_vinop(inode));
+			spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
+			ci->i_ceph_flags |= CEPH_I_FLUSH;
+			if (!list_empty(&ci->i_cap_delay_list))
+				list_del_init(&ci->i_cap_delay_list);
+			list_add_tail(&ci->i_cap_delay_list,
+				      &mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_list);
+			spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
+
+			/*
+			 * Fire the work immediately, because the MDS maybe
+			 * waiting for caps release.
+			 */
+			ceph_queue_cap_unlink_work(mdsc);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 29295041b7b4..e2352e94c5bc 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2512,6 +2512,50 @@ void ceph_reclaim_caps_nr(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int nr)
 	}
 }
 
+void ceph_queue_cap_unlink_work(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
+{
+	struct ceph_client *cl = mdsc->fsc->client;
+	if (mdsc->stopping)
+		return;
+
+        if (queue_work(mdsc->fsc->cap_wq, &mdsc->cap_unlink_work)) {
+                doutc(cl, "caps unlink work queued\n");
+        } else {
+                doutc(cl, "failed to queue caps unlink work\n");
+        }
+}
+
+static void ceph_cap_unlink_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
+		container_of(work, struct ceph_mds_client, cap_unlink_work);
+	struct ceph_client *cl = mdsc->fsc->client;
+
+	doutc(cl, "begin\n");
+	spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_list)) {
+		struct ceph_inode_info *ci;
+		struct inode *inode;
+
+		ci = list_first_entry(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_list,
+				      struct ceph_inode_info,
+				      i_cap_delay_list);
+		list_del_init(&ci->i_cap_delay_list);
+
+		inode = igrab(&ci->netfs.inode);
+		if (inode) {
+			spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
+			doutc(cl, "on %p %llx.%llx\n", inode,
+			      ceph_vinop(inode));
+			ceph_check_caps(ci, CHECK_CAPS_FLUSH);
+			iput(inode);
+			spin_lock(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
+	doutc(cl, "done\n");
+}
+
 /*
  * requests
  */
@@ -5493,6 +5537,8 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->cap_delay_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->cap_wait_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&mdsc->cap_delay_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_list);
+	spin_lock_init(&mdsc->cap_unlink_delay_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->snap_flush_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&mdsc->snap_flush_lock);
 	mdsc->last_cap_flush_tid = 1;
@@ -5501,6 +5547,7 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 	spin_lock_init(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&mdsc->cap_flushing_wq);
 	INIT_WORK(&mdsc->cap_reclaim_work, ceph_cap_reclaim_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&mdsc->cap_unlink_work, ceph_cap_unlink_work);
 	err = ceph_metric_init(&mdsc->metric);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_mdsmap;
@@ -5931,6 +5978,7 @@ void ceph_mdsc_close_sessions(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 	ceph_cleanup_global_and_empty_realms(mdsc);
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&mdsc->cap_reclaim_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&mdsc->cap_unlink_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mdsc->delayed_work); /* cancel timer */
 
 	doutc(cl, "done\n");
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 65f0720d1671..317a0fd6a8ba 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ struct ceph_mds_client {
 	unsigned long    last_renew_caps;  /* last time we renewed our caps */
 	struct list_head cap_delay_list;   /* caps with delayed release */
 	spinlock_t       cap_delay_lock;   /* protects cap_delay_list */
+	struct list_head cap_unlink_delay_list;  /* caps with delayed release for unlink */
+	spinlock_t       cap_unlink_delay_lock;  /* protects cap_unlink_delay_list */
 	struct list_head snap_flush_list;  /* cap_snaps ready to flush */
 	spinlock_t       snap_flush_lock;
 
@@ -495,6 +497,8 @@ struct ceph_mds_client {
 	struct work_struct cap_reclaim_work;
 	atomic_t	   cap_reclaim_pending;
 
+	struct work_struct cap_unlink_work;
+
 	/*
 	 * Cap reservations
 	 *
@@ -597,6 +601,7 @@ extern void ceph_flush_cap_releases(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				    struct ceph_mds_session *session);
 extern void ceph_queue_cap_reclaim_work(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc);
 extern void ceph_reclaim_caps_nr(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int nr);
+extern void ceph_queue_cap_unlink_work(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc);
 extern int ceph_iterate_session_caps(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 				     int (*cb)(struct inode *, int mds, void *),
 				     void *arg);
