diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index f2b6286..f42d730 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	req->r_inode = igrab(inode);
+	req->r_inode = inode;
+	ihold(inode);
 	req->r_inode_drop = CEPH_CAP_XATTR_SHARED;
 	req->r_num_caps = 1;
 	req->r_args.setxattr.flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
@@ -795,7 +796,8 @@
 				       USE_AUTH_MDS);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
-	req->r_inode = igrab(inode);
+	req->r_inode = inode;
+	ihold(inode);
 	req->r_inode_drop = CEPH_CAP_XATTR_SHARED;
 	req->r_num_caps = 1;
 	req->r_path2 = kstrdup(name, GFP_NOFS);