diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 9caaa7f..eadf2c3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@
 	ci->i_wrbuffer_ref_head = 0;
 	capsnap->context = old_snapc;
 	list_add_tail(&capsnap->ci_item, &ci->i_cap_snaps);
-	old_snapc = NULL;
 
 	if (used & CEPH_CAP_FILE_WR) {
 		dout("queue_cap_snap %p cap_snap %p snapc %p"
@@ -563,6 +562,7 @@
 		__ceph_finish_cap_snap(ci, capsnap);
 	}
 	capsnap = NULL;
+	old_snapc = NULL;
 
 update_snapc:
 	if (ci->i_head_snapc) {