diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 5daf86621871..7a7945032802 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -3427,7 +3427,7 @@ retry:
 	tcap = __get_cap_for_mds(ci, target);
 	if (tcap) {
 		/* already have caps from the target */
-		if (tcap->cap_id != t_cap_id ||
+		if (tcap->cap_id == t_cap_id &&
 		    ceph_seq_cmp(tcap->seq, t_seq) < 0) {
 			dout(" updating import cap %p mds%d\n", tcap, target);
 			tcap->cap_id = t_cap_id;