diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index dd7dfdd2ba13..b26ae1673992 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ static void __cap_set_timeouts(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 static void __cap_delay_requeue(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
 {
-	__cap_set_timeouts(mdsc, ci);
 	dout("__cap_delay_requeue %p flags %d at %lu\n", &ci->vfs_inode,
 	     ci->i_ceph_flags, ci->i_hold_caps_max);
 	if (!mdsc->stopping) {
@@ -531,6 +530,7 @@ static void __cap_delay_requeue(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				goto no_change;
 			list_del_init(&ci->i_cap_delay_list);
 		}
+		__cap_set_timeouts(mdsc, ci);
 		list_add_tail(&ci->i_cap_delay_list, &mdsc->cap_delay_list);
 no_change:
 		spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_delay_lock);