diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 913cafd70cd0..49a0935c4390 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -861,6 +861,10 @@ static void ceph_set_dentry_offset(struct dentry *dn)
 	di = ceph_dentry(dn);
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if ((ceph_inode(inode)->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_COMPLETE) == 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		return;
+	}
 	di->offset = ceph_inode(inode)->i_max_offset++;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);