diff --git a/fs/ceph/debugfs.c b/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
index 0dba691..fb962ef 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 				path = NULL;
 			spin_lock(&req->r_old_dentry->d_lock);
 			seq_printf(s, " #%llx/%.*s (%s)",
-			   ceph_ino(req->r_old_dentry->d_parent->d_inode),
+			   ceph_ino(req->r_old_dentry_dir),
 				   req->r_old_dentry->d_name.len,
 				   req->r_old_dentry->d_name.name,
 				   path ? path : "");
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 33a19df..7263f82 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@
 	req->r_dentry = dget(dentry);
 	req->r_num_caps = 2;
 	req->r_old_dentry = dget(old_dentry); /* or inode? hrm. */
+	req->r_old_dentry_dir = ceph_get_dentry_parent_inode(old_dentry);
 	req->r_locked_dir = dir;
 	req->r_dentry_drop = CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED;
 	req->r_dentry_unless = CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL;
@@ -909,6 +910,7 @@
 	req->r_dentry = dget(new_dentry);
 	req->r_num_caps = 2;
 	req->r_old_dentry = dget(old_dentry);
+	req->r_old_dentry_dir = ceph_get_dentry_parent_inode(old_dentry);
 	req->r_locked_dir = new_dir;
 	req->r_old_dentry_drop = CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED;
 	req->r_old_dentry_unless = CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 8a09cd5..66a8939 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -483,22 +483,26 @@
 		destroy_reply_info(&req->r_reply_info);
 	}
 	if (req->r_inode) {
-		ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_inode),
-				  CEPH_CAP_PIN);
+		ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_inode), CEPH_CAP_PIN);
 		iput(req->r_inode);
 	}
 	if (req->r_locked_dir)
-		ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_locked_dir),
-				  CEPH_CAP_PIN);
+		ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_locked_dir), CEPH_CAP_PIN);
 	if (req->r_target_inode)
 		iput(req->r_target_inode);
 	if (req->r_dentry)
 		dput(req->r_dentry);
 	if (req->r_old_dentry) {
-		ceph_put_cap_refs(
-			ceph_inode(req->r_old_dentry->d_parent->d_inode),
-			CEPH_CAP_PIN);
+		/*
+		 * track (and drop pins for) r_old_dentry_dir
+		 * separately, since r_old_dentry's d_parent may have
+		 * changed between the dir mutex being dropped and
+		 * this request being freed.
+		 */
+		ceph_put_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_old_dentry_dir),
+				  CEPH_CAP_PIN);
 		dput(req->r_old_dentry);
+		iput(req->r_old_dentry_dir);
 	}
 	kfree(req->r_path1);
 	kfree(req->r_path2);
@@ -1931,9 +1935,8 @@
 	if (req->r_locked_dir)
 		ceph_get_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_locked_dir), CEPH_CAP_PIN);
 	if (req->r_old_dentry)
-		ceph_get_cap_refs(
-			ceph_inode(req->r_old_dentry->d_parent->d_inode),
-			CEPH_CAP_PIN);
+		ceph_get_cap_refs(ceph_inode(req->r_old_dentry_dir),
+				  CEPH_CAP_PIN);
 
 	/* issue */
 	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 8a40f06..4bb2399 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 	struct inode *r_inode;              /* arg1 */
 	struct dentry *r_dentry;            /* arg1 */
 	struct dentry *r_old_dentry;        /* arg2: rename from or link from */
+	struct inode *r_old_dentry_dir;     /* arg2: old dentry's parent dir */
 	char *r_path1, *r_path2;
 	struct ceph_vino r_ino1, r_ino2;