diff --git a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
index 35c8afe..7f8a26f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@
 	atomic_set(&osd->o_ref, 1);
 	osd->o_osdc = osdc;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&osd->o_requests);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&osd->o_osd_lru);
 	osd->o_incarnation = 1;
 
 	ceph_con_init(osdc->client->msgr, &osd->o_con);
@@ -422,25 +423,56 @@
 /*
  * remove an osd from our map
  */
-static void remove_osd(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_osd *osd)
+static void __remove_osd(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_osd *osd)
 {
-	dout("remove_osd %p\n", osd);
+	dout("__remove_osd %p\n", osd);
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&osd->o_requests));
 	rb_erase(&osd->o_node, &osdc->osds);
+	list_del_init(&osd->o_osd_lru);
 	ceph_con_close(&osd->o_con);
 	put_osd(osd);
 }
 
+static void __move_osd_to_lru(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+			      struct ceph_osd *osd)
+{
+	dout("__move_osd_to_lru %p\n", osd);
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&osd->o_osd_lru));
+	list_add_tail(&osd->o_osd_lru, &osdc->osd_lru);
+	osd->lru_ttl = jiffies + osdc->client->mount_args->osd_idle_ttl * HZ;
+}
+
+static void __remove_osd_from_lru(struct ceph_osd *osd)
+{
+	dout("__remove_osd_from_lru %p\n", osd);
+	if (!list_empty(&osd->o_osd_lru))
+		list_del_init(&osd->o_osd_lru);
+}
+
+static void remove_old_osds(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, int remove_all)
+{
+	struct ceph_osd *osd, *nosd;
+
+	dout("__remove_old_osds %p\n", osdc);
+	mutex_lock(&osdc->request_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(osd, nosd, &osdc->osd_lru, o_osd_lru) {
+		if (!remove_all && time_before(jiffies, osd->lru_ttl))
+			break;
+		__remove_osd(osdc, osd);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&osdc->request_mutex);
+}
+
 /*
  * reset osd connect
  */
-static int reset_osd(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_osd *osd)
+static int __reset_osd(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_osd *osd)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	dout("reset_osd %p osd%d\n", osd, osd->o_osd);
+	dout("__reset_osd %p osd%d\n", osd, osd->o_osd);
 	if (list_empty(&osd->o_requests)) {
-		remove_osd(osdc, osd);
+		__remove_osd(osdc, osd);
 	} else {
 		ceph_con_close(&osd->o_con);
 		ceph_con_open(&osd->o_con, &osdc->osdmap->osd_addr[osd->o_osd]);
@@ -533,7 +565,7 @@
 
 		list_del_init(&req->r_osd_item);
 		if (list_empty(&req->r_osd->o_requests))
-			remove_osd(osdc, req->r_osd);
+			__move_osd_to_lru(osdc, req->r_osd);
 		req->r_osd = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -611,7 +643,7 @@
 		if (list_empty(&req->r_osd->o_requests)) {
 			/* try to re-use r_osd if possible */
 			newosd = get_osd(req->r_osd);
-			remove_osd(osdc, newosd);
+			__remove_osd(osdc, newosd);
 		}
 		req->r_osd = NULL;
 	}
@@ -636,8 +668,10 @@
 		ceph_con_open(&req->r_osd->o_con, &osdc->osdmap->osd_addr[o]);
 	}
 
-	if (req->r_osd)
+	if (req->r_osd) {
+		__remove_osd_from_lru(req->r_osd);
 		list_add(&req->r_osd_item, &req->r_osd->o_requests);
+	}
 	err = 1;   /* osd changed */
 
 out:
@@ -744,6 +778,23 @@
 	up_read(&osdc->map_sem);
 }
 
+static void handle_osds_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc =
+		container_of(work, struct ceph_osd_client,
+			     osds_timeout_work.work);
+	unsigned long delay =
+		osdc->client->mount_args->osd_idle_ttl * HZ >> 2;
+
+	dout("osds timeout\n");
+	down_read(&osdc->map_sem);
+	remove_old_osds(osdc, 0);
+	up_read(&osdc->map_sem);
+
+	schedule_delayed_work(&osdc->osds_timeout_work,
+			      round_jiffies_relative(delay));
+}
+
 /*
  * handle osd op reply.  either call the callback if it is specified,
  * or do the completion to wake up the waiting thread.
@@ -881,7 +932,7 @@
 				   ceph_osd_addr(osdc->osdmap,
 						 osd->o_osd),
 				   sizeof(struct ceph_entity_addr)) != 0)
-				reset_osd(osdc, osd);
+				__reset_osd(osdc, osd);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1195,9 +1246,14 @@
 	osdc->timeout_tid = 0;
 	osdc->last_tid = 0;
 	osdc->osds = RB_ROOT;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&osdc->osd_lru);
 	osdc->requests = RB_ROOT;
 	osdc->num_requests = 0;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&osdc->timeout_work, handle_timeout);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&osdc->osds_timeout_work, handle_osds_timeout);
+
+	schedule_delayed_work(&osdc->osds_timeout_work,
+	   round_jiffies_relative(osdc->client->mount_args->osd_idle_ttl * HZ));
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	osdc->req_mempool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(10,
@@ -1219,10 +1275,12 @@
 void ceph_osdc_stop(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc)
 {
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&osdc->timeout_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&osdc->osds_timeout_work);
 	if (osdc->osdmap) {
 		ceph_osdmap_destroy(osdc->osdmap);
 		osdc->osdmap = NULL;
 	}
+	remove_old_osds(osdc, 1);
 	mempool_destroy(osdc->req_mempool);
 	ceph_msgpool_destroy(&osdc->msgpool_op);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ceph/osd_client.h b/fs/ceph/osd_client.h
index 8d533d9..70f31b6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.h
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 	struct rb_node o_node;
 	struct ceph_connection o_con;
 	struct list_head o_requests;
+	struct list_head o_osd_lru;
 	struct ceph_authorizer *o_authorizer;
 	void *o_authorizer_buf, *o_authorizer_reply_buf;
 	size_t o_authorizer_buf_len, o_authorizer_reply_buf_len;
+	unsigned long lru_ttl;
 };
 
 /* an in-flight request */
@@ -90,11 +92,13 @@
 
 	struct mutex           request_mutex;
 	struct rb_root         osds;          /* osds */
+	struct list_head       osd_lru;       /* idle osds */
 	u64                    timeout_tid;   /* tid of timeout triggering rq */
 	u64                    last_tid;      /* tid of last request */
 	struct rb_root         requests;      /* pending requests */
 	int                    num_requests;
 	struct delayed_work    timeout_work;
+	struct delayed_work    osds_timeout_work;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	struct dentry 	       *debugfs_file;
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index 3a25489..39aaf29 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
 	Opt_rsize,
 	Opt_osdtimeout,
 	Opt_mount_timeout,
+	Opt_osd_idle_ttl,
 	Opt_caps_wanted_delay_min,
 	Opt_caps_wanted_delay_max,
 	Opt_readdir_max_entries,
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@
 	{Opt_rsize, "rsize=%d"},
 	{Opt_osdtimeout, "osdtimeout=%d"},
 	{Opt_mount_timeout, "mount_timeout=%d"},
+	{Opt_osd_idle_ttl, "osd_idle_ttl=%d"},
 	{Opt_caps_wanted_delay_min, "caps_wanted_delay_min=%d"},
 	{Opt_caps_wanted_delay_max, "caps_wanted_delay_max=%d"},
 	{Opt_readdir_max_entries, "readdir_max_entries=%d"},
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@
 	args->flags = CEPH_OPT_DEFAULT;
 	args->osd_timeout = 5;    /* seconds */
 	args->mount_timeout = CEPH_MOUNT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT; /* seconds */
+	args->osd_idle_ttl = CEPH_OSD_IDLE_TTL_DEFAULT;   /* seconds */
 	args->caps_wanted_delay_min = CEPH_CAPS_WANTED_DELAY_MIN_DEFAULT;
 	args->caps_wanted_delay_max = CEPH_CAPS_WANTED_DELAY_MAX_DEFAULT;
 	args->rsize = CEPH_MOUNT_RSIZE_DEFAULT;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 770f7b5..3930fb6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 	struct ceph_entity_addr *mon_addr;
 	int flags;
 	int mount_timeout;
+	int osd_idle_ttl;
 	int caps_wanted_delay_min, caps_wanted_delay_max;
 	struct ceph_fsid fsid;
 	struct ceph_entity_addr my_addr;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
  * defaults
  */
 #define CEPH_MOUNT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT  60
+#define CEPH_OSD_IDLE_TTL_DEFAULT    60
 #define CEPH_MOUNT_RSIZE_DEFAULT    (512*1024) /* readahead */
 
 #define CEPH_MSG_MAX_FRONT_LEN	(16*1024*1024)