diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 7a7945032802..157fe59fbabe 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -490,13 +490,14 @@ static void __check_cap_issue(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * if we are newly issued FILE_SHARED, mark dir not complete; we
-	 * don't know what happened to this directory while we didn't
-	 * have the cap.
+	 * If FILE_SHARED is newly issued, mark dir not complete. We don't
+	 * know what happened to this directory while we didn't have the cap.
+	 * If FILE_SHARED is being revoked, also mark dir not complete. It
+	 * stops on-going cached readdir.
 	 */
-	if ((issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED) &&
-	    (had & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED) == 0) {
-		ci->i_shared_gen++;
+	if ((issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED) != (had & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED)) {
+		if (issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED)
+			ci->i_shared_gen++;
 		if (S_ISDIR(ci->vfs_inode.i_mode)) {
 			dout(" marking %p NOT complete\n", &ci->vfs_inode);
 			__ceph_dir_clear_complete(ci);