diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 8b863dbec70ce64d96131eb5e17d76f01486d086..775e6f6fc97079a5c9cb99e07022cfa92c4d368e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ int ceph_add_cap(struct inode *inode,
 	cap->seq = seq;
 	cap->issue_seq = seq;
 	cap->mseq = mseq;
-	cap->gen = session->s_cap_gen;
+	cap->cap_gen = session->s_cap_gen;
+	cap->recon_gen = session->s_recon_gen;
 
 	if (fmode >= 0)
 		__ceph_get_fmode(ci, fmode);
@@ -626,17 +627,25 @@ int ceph_add_cap(struct inode *inode,
 static int __cap_is_valid(struct ceph_cap *cap)
 {
 	unsigned long ttl;
-	u32 gen;
+	u32 gen, recon_gen;
 
 	spin_lock(&cap->session->s_cap_lock);
 	gen = cap->session->s_cap_gen;
+	recon_gen = cap->session->s_recon_gen;
 	ttl = cap->session->s_cap_ttl;
 	spin_unlock(&cap->session->s_cap_lock);
 
-	if (cap->gen < gen || time_after_eq(jiffies, ttl)) {
+	if (cap->recon_gen != recon_gen) {
+		dout("__cap_is_valid %p cap %p issued %s "
+		     "but DEAD (recon_gen %u vs %u)\n", &cap->ci->vfs_inode,
+		     cap, ceph_cap_string(cap->issued), cap->recon_gen,
+		     recon_gen);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (cap->cap_gen < gen || time_after_eq(jiffies, ttl)) {
 		dout("__cap_is_valid %p cap %p issued %s "
 		     "but STALE (gen %u vs %u)\n", &cap->ci->vfs_inode,
-		     cap, ceph_cap_string(cap->issued), cap->gen, gen);
+		     cap, ceph_cap_string(cap->issued), cap->cap_gen, gen);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2203,7 +2212,8 @@ static int handle_cap_grant(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_mds_caps *grant,
 	issued = __ceph_caps_issued(ci, &implemented);
 	issued |= implemented | __ceph_caps_dirty(ci);
 
-	cap->gen = session->s_cap_gen;
+	cap->cap_gen = session->s_cap_gen;
+	cap->recon_gen = session->s_recon_gen;
 
 	__check_cap_issue(ci, cap, newcaps);
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 210cb6623ea2b0f3b28da259d99072882185cec6..828417ae16f95130a193be94753c5fde7da6e254 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ static struct ceph_mds_session *register_session(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	ceph_con_open(&s->s_con, ceph_mdsmap_get_addr(mdsc->mdsmap, mds));
 
 	spin_lock_init(&s->s_cap_lock);
+	s->s_recon_gen = 0;
 	s->s_cap_gen = 0;
 	s->s_cap_ttl = 0;
 	s->s_renew_requested = 0;
@@ -738,10 +739,11 @@ static int wake_up_session_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 	struct ceph_mds_session *session = arg;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (cap->gen != session->s_cap_gen) {
+	if (cap->recon_gen != session->s_recon_gen) {
 		pr_err("failed reconnect %p %llx.%llx cap %p "
-		       "(gen %d < session %d)\n", inode, ceph_vinop(inode),
-		       cap, cap->gen, session->s_cap_gen);
+		       "(recon_gen %d < session %d)\n", inode,
+		       ceph_vinop(inode), cap,
+		       cap->recon_gen, session->s_recon_gen);
 		__ceph_remove_cap(cap, NULL);
 	}
 	wake_up(&ceph_inode(inode)->i_cap_wq);
@@ -2050,6 +2052,7 @@ static void send_mds_reconnect(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int mds)
 
 		session->s_state = CEPH_MDS_SESSION_RECONNECTING;
 		session->s_seq = 0;
+		session->s_recon_gen++;
 
 		ceph_con_open(&session->s_con,
 			      ceph_mdsmap_get_addr(mdsc->mdsmap, mds));
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index f566e9c842958eb42b683a5f158b1e2f590ae5af..c0846b1c482b9ae1f2319923f1e83cf68f3bcfc2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ struct ceph_mds_session {
 	u64               s_seq;      /* incoming msg seq # */
 	struct mutex      s_mutex;    /* serialize session messages */
 
+	int               s_recon_gen; /* inc on reconnect to recovered mds */
+
 	struct ceph_connection s_con;
 
 	/* protected by s_cap_lock */
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 05947b96c524d644dd04f849d4b40091060cd72c..25793559a2e5ceb2026257fc8ac8dcbfd313d482 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ struct ceph_cap {
 	int issued;       /* latest, from the mds */
 	int implemented;  /* implemented superset of issued (for revocation) */
 	int mds_wanted;
-	u32 seq, issue_seq, mseq, gen;
+	u32 seq, issue_seq, mseq;
+	u32 cap_gen;      /* active/stale cycle */
+	u32 recon_gen;    /* mds restart reconnect cycle */
 	unsigned long last_used;
 	struct list_head caps_item;
 };