diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 397a47b696ce..8d1f11c7a5a2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -560,6 +560,13 @@ static void __unregister_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
  *
  * Called under mdsc->mutex.
  */
+struct dentry *get_nonsnap_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	while (!IS_ROOT(dentry) && ceph_snap(dentry->d_inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
+		dentry = dentry->d_parent;
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 static int __choose_mds(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			struct ceph_mds_request *req)
 {
@@ -590,14 +597,29 @@ static int __choose_mds(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	if (req->r_inode) {
 		inode = req->r_inode;
 	} else if (req->r_dentry) {
-		if (req->r_dentry->d_inode) {
+		struct inode *dir = req->r_dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+
+		if (dir->i_sb != mdsc->client->sb) {
+			/* not this fs! */
+			inode = req->r_dentry->d_inode;
+		} else if (ceph_snap(dir) != CEPH_NOSNAP) {
+			/* direct snapped/virtual snapdir requests
+			 * based on parent dir inode */
+			struct dentry *dn =
+				get_nonsnap_parent(req->r_dentry->d_parent);
+			inode = dn->d_inode;
+			dout("__choose_mds using nonsnap parent %p\n", inode);
+		} else if (req->r_dentry->d_inode) {
+			/* dentry target */
 			inode = req->r_dentry->d_inode;
 		} else {
-			inode = req->r_dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+			/* dir + name */
+			inode = dir;
 			hash = req->r_dentry->d_name.hash;
 			is_hash = true;
 		}
 	}
+
 	dout("__choose_mds %p is_hash=%d (%d) mode %d\n", inode, (int)is_hash,
 	     (int)hash, mode);
 	if (!inode)