diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 3142b15940c25656a43ec3a5d72af3e1ee1cece9..d22fbbef1959a34756aa282d7b06257104e3a9d2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ static void __register_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	ceph_mdsc_get_request(req);
 	__insert_request(mdsc, req);
 
+	req->r_uid = current_fsuid();
+	req->r_gid = current_fsgid();
+
 	if (dir) {
 		struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(dir);
 
@@ -1588,8 +1591,8 @@ static struct ceph_msg *create_request_message(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 	head->mdsmap_epoch = cpu_to_le32(mdsc->mdsmap->m_epoch);
 	head->op = cpu_to_le32(req->r_op);
-	head->caller_uid = cpu_to_le32(current_fsuid());
-	head->caller_gid = cpu_to_le32(current_fsgid());
+	head->caller_uid = cpu_to_le32(req->r_uid);
+	head->caller_gid = cpu_to_le32(req->r_gid);
 	head->args = req->r_args;
 
 	ceph_encode_filepath(&p, end, ino1, path1);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index d66d63c7235526ef63d16ff0ea1e9ba3899df586..9341fd4f14320060a395c37f81b4a67b01c020d7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ struct ceph_mds_request {
 
 	union ceph_mds_request_args r_args;
 	int r_fmode;        /* file mode, if expecting cap */
+	uid_t r_uid;
+	gid_t r_gid;
 
 	/* for choosing which mds to send this request to */
 	int r_direct_mode;