diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 37fb71797b34..3bf81fe5f10a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -3151,6 +3151,12 @@ static void handle_session(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 		break;
 
 	case CEPH_SESSION_FLUSHMSG:
+		/* flush cap releases */
+		spin_lock(&session->s_cap_lock);
+		if (session->s_num_cap_releases)
+			ceph_flush_cap_releases(mdsc, session);
+		spin_unlock(&session->s_cap_lock);
+
 		send_flushmsg_ack(mdsc, session, seq);
 		break;