diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 74144d6389f0..6afc1affb50a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2984,6 +2984,7 @@ int ceph_encode_dentry_release(void **p, struct dentry *dentry,
 		memcpy(*p, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len);
 		*p += dentry->d_name.len;
 		rel->dname_seq = cpu_to_le32(di->lease_seq);
+		__ceph_mdsc_drop_dentry_lease(dentry);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return ret;