diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 157fe59fbabe..1978a8cb1cb1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1991,6 +1991,7 @@ static int try_flush_caps(struct inode *inode, u64 *ptid)
 retry:
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	if (ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_NOFLUSH) {
+		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 		dout("try_flush_caps skipping %p I_NOFLUSH set\n", inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -2008,8 +2009,10 @@ retry:
 			mutex_lock(&session->s_mutex);
 			goto retry;
 		}
-		if (cap->session->s_state < CEPH_MDS_SESSION_OPEN)
+		if (cap->session->s_state < CEPH_MDS_SESSION_OPEN) {
+			spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		flushing = __mark_caps_flushing(inode, session, true,
 						&flush_tid, &oldest_flush_tid);