diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 1d97a53d1b29..c2a9e2cc03de 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -489,8 +489,11 @@ static int ceph_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
 	rreq->io_streams[0].sreq_max_len = fsc->mount_options->rsize;
 
 out:
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (got)
+			ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(inode), got);
 		kfree(priv);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }