diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 1ffc8b426c1c..7fc0b850c352 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -374,12 +374,10 @@ static int build_snap_context(struct ceph_snap_realm *realm,
 	     realm->ino, realm, snapc, snapc->seq,
 	     (unsigned int) snapc->num_snaps);
 
-	if (realm->cached_context) {
-		ceph_put_snap_context(realm->cached_context);
-		/* queue realm for cap_snap creation */
-		list_add_tail(&realm->dirty_item, dirty_realms);
-	}
+	ceph_put_snap_context(realm->cached_context);
 	realm->cached_context = snapc;
+	/* queue realm for cap_snap creation */
+	list_add_tail(&realm->dirty_item, dirty_realms);
 	return 0;
 
 fail: