diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 8196c21d8623..acb70a6a82f0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,7 @@ int ceph_fill_trace(struct super_block *sb, struct ceph_mds_request *req)
 		dout(" final dn %p\n", dn);
 	} else if ((req->r_op == CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPSNAP ||
 		    req->r_op == CEPH_MDS_OP_MKSNAP) &&
+	           test_bit(CEPH_MDS_R_PARENT_LOCKED, &req->r_req_flags) &&
 		   !test_bit(CEPH_MDS_R_ABORTED, &req->r_req_flags)) {
 		struct dentry *dn = req->r_dentry;
 		struct inode *dir = req->r_parent;