diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index a75ddbf9fe37..397a47b696ce 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ static void handle_session(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 			pr_info("mds%d reconnect denied\n", session->s_mds);
 		remove_session_caps(session);
 		wake = 1; /* for good measure */
-		complete_all(&mdsc->session_close_waiters);
+		wake_up_all(&mdsc->session_close_wq);
 		kick_requests(mdsc, mds);
 		break;
 
@@ -2876,7 +2876,7 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, struct ceph_client *client)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	init_completion(&mdsc->safe_umount_waiters);
-	init_completion(&mdsc->session_close_waiters);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&mdsc->session_close_wq);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->waiting_for_map);
 	mdsc->sessions = NULL;
 	mdsc->max_sessions = 0;
@@ -3021,6 +3021,23 @@ void ceph_mdsc_sync(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 	wait_event(mdsc->cap_flushing_wq, check_cap_flush(mdsc, want_flush));
 }
 
+/*
+ * true if all sessions are closed, or we force unmount
+ */
+bool done_closing_sessions(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
+{
+	int i, n = 0;
+
+	if (mdsc->client->mount_state == CEPH_MOUNT_SHUTDOWN)
+		return true;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++)
+		if (mdsc->sessions[i])
+			n++;
+	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+	return n == 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * called after sb is ro.
@@ -3029,45 +3046,32 @@ void ceph_mdsc_close_sessions(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_session *session;
 	int i;
-	int n;
 	struct ceph_client *client = mdsc->client;
-	unsigned long started, timeout = client->mount_args->mount_timeout * HZ;
+	unsigned long timeout = client->mount_args->mount_timeout * HZ;
 
 	dout("close_sessions\n");
 
-	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
-
 	/* close sessions */
-	started = jiffies;
-	while (time_before(jiffies, started + timeout)) {
-		dout("closing sessions\n");
-		n = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
-			session = __ceph_lookup_mds_session(mdsc, i);
-			if (!session)
-				continue;
-			mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
-			mutex_lock(&session->s_mutex);
-			__close_session(mdsc, session);
-			mutex_unlock(&session->s_mutex);
-			ceph_put_mds_session(session);
-			mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
-			n++;
-		}
-		if (n == 0)
-			break;
-
-		if (client->mount_state == CEPH_MOUNT_SHUTDOWN)
-			break;
-
-		dout("waiting for sessions to close\n");
+	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
+		session = __ceph_lookup_mds_session(mdsc, i);
+		if (!session)
+			continue;
 		mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
-		wait_for_completion_timeout(&mdsc->session_close_waiters,
-					    timeout);
+		mutex_lock(&session->s_mutex);
+		__close_session(mdsc, session);
+		mutex_unlock(&session->s_mutex);
+		ceph_put_mds_session(session);
 		mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+
+	dout("waiting for sessions to close\n");
+	wait_event_timeout(mdsc->session_close_wq, done_closing_sessions(mdsc),
+			   timeout);
 
 	/* tear down remaining sessions */
+	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
 		if (mdsc->sessions[i]) {
 			session = get_session(mdsc->sessions[i]);
@@ -3080,9 +3084,7 @@ void ceph_mdsc_close_sessions(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 			mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
 		}
 	}
-
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&mdsc->cap_delay_list));
-
 	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
 
 	ceph_cleanup_empty_realms(mdsc);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index ab7e89f5e344..c98267ce6d2a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ struct ceph_mds_client {
 	struct mutex            mutex;         /* all nested structures */
 
 	struct ceph_mdsmap      *mdsmap;
-	struct completion       safe_umount_waiters, session_close_waiters;
+	struct completion       safe_umount_waiters;
+	wait_queue_head_t       session_close_wq;
 	struct list_head        waiting_for_map;
 
 	struct ceph_mds_session **sessions;    /* NULL for mds if no session */