diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 27c2e60..996bedb 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
+#include <linux/bits.h>
 
 #include "super.h"
 #include "mds_client.h"
@@ -3007,19 +3008,15 @@ static int ceph_try_drop_cap_snap(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Release cap refs.
- *
- * If we released the last ref on any given cap, call ceph_check_caps
- * to release (or schedule a release).
- *
- * If we are releasing a WR cap (from a sync write), finalize any affected
- * cap_snap, and wake up any waiters.
- */
-void ceph_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had)
+#define CAP_REF_LAST_BIT       0
+#define CAP_REF_FLUSHSNAPS_BIT 1
+#define CAP_REF_WAKE_BIT       2
+
+static int __ceph_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
 	int last = 0, put = 0, flushsnaps = 0, wake = 0;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	if (had & CEPH_CAP_PIN)
@@ -3073,13 +3070,79 @@ void ceph_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had)
 	     last ? " last" : "", put ? " put" : "");
 
 	if (last)
-		ceph_check_caps(ci, 0, NULL);
+		set_bit(CAP_REF_LAST_BIT, &flags);
 	else if (flushsnaps)
-		ceph_flush_snaps(ci, NULL);
+		set_bit(CAP_REF_FLUSHSNAPS_BIT, &flags);
 	if (wake)
-		wake_up_all(&ci->i_cap_wq);
+		set_bit(CAP_REF_WAKE_BIT, &flags);
 	while (put-- > 0)
 		iput(inode);
+
+	return flags;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the bottow half of __ceph_put_cap_refs(), which
+ * may take the mdsc->mutex and session->s_mutex and this
+ * will be called in a queue work to void dead/double lock
+ * issues if called from ceph_mdsc_put_request().
+ */
+static void __ceph_put_cap_refs_bh(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
+				   unsigned long flags)
+{
+	if (test_bit(CAP_REF_LAST_BIT, &flags))
+		ceph_check_caps(ci, 0, NULL);
+	else if (test_bit(CAP_REF_FLUSHSNAPS_BIT, &flags))
+		ceph_flush_snaps(ci, NULL);
+	if (test_bit(CAP_REF_WAKE_BIT, &flags))
+		wake_up_all(&ci->i_cap_wq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Release cap refs.
+ *
+ * If we released the last ref on any given cap, call ceph_check_caps
+ * to release (or schedule a release).
+ *
+ * If we are releasing a WR cap (from a sync write), finalize any affected
+ * cap_snap, and wake up any waiters.
+ */
+void ceph_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	flags = __ceph_put_cap_refs(ci, had);
+	__ceph_put_cap_refs_bh(ci, flags);
+}
+
+void ceph_async_put_cap_refs_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = container_of(work, struct ceph_inode_info,
+						  put_cap_refs_work);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	flags = xchg(&ci->pending_put_flags, 0);
+	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	if (!flags)
+		return;
+
+	__ceph_put_cap_refs_bh(ci, flags);
+}
+
+void ceph_async_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = &ci->vfs_inode;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	flags = __ceph_put_cap_refs(ci, had);
+
+	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	ci->pending_put_flags |= flags;
+	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+
+	queue_work(ceph_inode_to_client(inode)->inode_wq,
+		   &ci->put_cap_refs_work);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 357c937..e0ea508 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ struct inode *ceph_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ci->i_snap_realm_item);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ci->i_snap_flush_item);
 
+	INIT_WORK(&ci->put_cap_refs_work, ceph_async_put_cap_refs_work);
+	ci->pending_put_flags = 0;
+
 	INIT_WORK(&ci->i_work, ceph_inode_work);
 	ci->i_work_mask = 0;
 	memset(&ci->i_btime, '\0', sizeof(ci->i_btime));
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 0e0ab01..12506b7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -3398,7 +3398,7 @@ void ceph_mdsc_release_dir_caps(struct ceph_mds_request *req)
 	dcaps = xchg(&req->r_dir_caps, 0);
 	if (dcaps) {
 		dout("releasing r_dir_caps=%s\n", ceph_cap_string(dcaps));
-		ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_parent), dcaps);
+		ceph_async_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_parent), dcaps);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 226f19c..ece94fc 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -421,6 +421,9 @@ struct ceph_inode_info {
 	struct timespec64 i_btime;
 	struct timespec64 i_snap_btime;
 
+	struct work_struct put_cap_refs_work;
+	unsigned long pending_put_flags;
+
 	struct work_struct i_work;
 	unsigned long  i_work_mask;
 
@@ -1095,6 +1098,8 @@ extern void ceph_take_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int caps,
 				bool snap_rwsem_locked);
 extern void ceph_get_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int caps);
 extern void ceph_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had);
+extern void ceph_async_put_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int had);
+extern void ceph_async_put_cap_refs_work(struct work_struct *work);
 extern void ceph_put_wrbuffer_cap_refs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, int nr,
 				       struct ceph_snap_context *snapc);
 extern void ceph_flush_snaps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
