diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 63ca3b1..ec884e2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,8 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(msg))
 		goto out_free2;
 
+	msg->hdr.tid = cpu_to_le64(req->r_tid);
+
 	head = msg->front.iov_base;
 	p = msg->front.iov_base + sizeof(*head);
 	end = msg->front.iov_base + msg->front.iov_len;
@@ -1431,7 +1433,6 @@
 	req->r_request = msg;
 
 	rhead = msg->front.iov_base;
-	rhead->tid = cpu_to_le64(req->r_tid);
 	rhead->oldest_client_tid = cpu_to_le64(__get_oldest_tid(mdsc));
 	if (req->r_got_unsafe)
 		flags |= CEPH_MDS_FLAG_REPLAY;
@@ -1664,7 +1665,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* get request, session */
-	tid = le64_to_cpu(head->tid);
+	tid = le64_to_cpu(msg->hdr.tid);
 	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
 	req = __lookup_request(mdsc, tid);
 	if (!req) {