diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index ce8ef6107727..a313e9baeed0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ static struct ceph_snap_context *__get_oldest_context(struct inode *inode,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!snapc && ci->i_snap_realm) {
-		snapc = ceph_get_snap_context(ci->i_snap_realm->cached_context);
+	if (!snapc && ci->i_head_snapc) {
+		snapc = ceph_get_snap_context(ci->i_head_snapc);
 		dout(" head snapc %p has %d dirty pages\n",
 		     snapc, ci->i_wrbuffer_ref_head);
 	}
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int writepage_nounlock(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		dout("writepage %p page %p not dirty?\n", inode, page);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (snapc != get_oldest_context(inode, &snap_size)) {
+	if (snapc->seq > get_oldest_context(inode, &snap_size)->seq) {
 		dout("writepage %p page %p snapc %p not writeable - noop\n",
 		     inode, page, (void *)page->private);
 		/* we should only noop if called by kswapd */
@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ static void writepages_finish(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
 			dout("inode %p skipping page %p\n", inode, page);
 			wbc->pages_skipped++;
 		}
+		ceph_put_snap_context((void *)page->private);
 		page->private = 0;
 		ClearPagePrivate(page);
-		ceph_put_snap_context(snapc);
 		dout("unlocking %d %p\n", i, page);
 		end_page_writeback(page);
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int range_whole = 0;
 	int should_loop = 1;
 	pgoff_t max_pages = 0, max_pages_ever = 0;
-	struct ceph_snap_context *snapc = NULL, *last_snapc = NULL;
+	struct ceph_snap_context *snapc = NULL, *last_snapc = NULL, *pgsnapc;
 	struct pagevec pvec;
 	int done = 0;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -769,9 +769,10 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 			}
 
 			/* only if matching snap context */
-			if (snapc != (void *)page->private) {
-				dout("page snapc %p != oldest %p\n",
-				     (void *)page->private, snapc);
+			pgsnapc = (void *)page->private;
+			if (pgsnapc->seq > snapc->seq) {
+				dout("page snapc %p %lld > oldest %p %lld\n",
+				     pgsnapc, pgsnapc->seq, snapc, snapc->seq);
 				unlock_page(page);
 				if (!locked_pages)
 					continue; /* keep looking for snap */
@@ -935,8 +936,8 @@ static int ceph_update_writeable_page(struct file *file,
 	int pos_in_page = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	int end_in_page = pos_in_page + len;
 	loff_t i_size;
-	struct ceph_snap_context *snapc;
 	int r;
+	struct ceph_snap_context *snapc, *oldest;
 
 retry_locked:
 	/* writepages currently holds page lock, but if we change that later, */
@@ -946,16 +947,16 @@ static int ceph_update_writeable_page(struct file *file,
 	BUG_ON(!ci->i_snap_realm);
 	down_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 	BUG_ON(!ci->i_snap_realm->cached_context);
-	if (page->private &&
-	    (void *)page->private != ci->i_snap_realm->cached_context) {
+	snapc = (void *)page->private;
+	if (snapc && snapc != ci->i_head_snapc) {
 		/*
 		 * this page is already dirty in another (older) snap
 		 * context!  is it writeable now?
 		 */
-		snapc = get_oldest_context(inode, NULL);
+		oldest = get_oldest_context(inode, NULL);
 		up_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 
-		if (snapc != (void *)page->private) {
+		if (snapc->seq > oldest->seq) {
 			dout(" page %p snapc %p not current or oldest\n",
 			     page, (void *)page->private);
 			/*