diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 226f5a50d362..ab47f46ca282 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void ceph_set_dentry_offset(struct dentry *dn)
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dn->d_lock);
-	list_move_tail(&dir->d_subdirs, &dn->d_u.d_child);
+	list_move(&dn->d_u.d_child, &dir->d_subdirs);
 	dout("set_dentry_offset %p %lld (%p %p)\n", dn, di->offset,
 	     dn->d_u.d_child.prev, dn->d_u.d_child.next);
 	spin_unlock(&dn->d_lock);