diff --git a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
index 978593a4f466..d14019dd6868 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -837,7 +837,8 @@ static void kick_requests(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 		}
 
 kick:
-		dout("kicking tid %llu osd%d\n", req->r_tid, req->r_osd->o_osd);
+		dout("kicking %p tid %llu osd%d\n", req, req->r_tid,
+		     req->r_osd->o_osd);
 		req->r_flags |= CEPH_OSD_FLAG_RETRY;
 		err = __send_request(osdc, req);
 		if (err) {
@@ -1016,7 +1017,7 @@ int ceph_osdc_start_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 			    struct ceph_osd_request *req,
 			    bool nofail)
 {
-	int rc;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	req->r_request->pages = req->r_pages;
 	req->r_request->nr_pages = req->r_num_pages;
@@ -1025,15 +1026,22 @@ int ceph_osdc_start_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 
 	down_read(&osdc->map_sem);
 	mutex_lock(&osdc->request_mutex);
-	rc = __send_request(osdc, req);
-	if (rc) {
-		if (nofail) {
-			dout("osdc_start_request failed send, marking %lld\n",
-			     req->r_tid);
-			req->r_resend = true;
-			rc = 0;
-		} else {
-			__unregister_request(osdc, req);
+	/*
+	 * a racing kick_requests() may have sent the message for us
+	 * while we dropped request_mutex above, so only send now if
+	 * the request still han't been touched yet.
+	 */
+	if (req->r_sent == 0) {
+		rc = __send_request(osdc, req);
+		if (rc) {
+			if (nofail) {
+				dout("osdc_start_request failed send, "
+				     " marking %lld\n", req->r_tid);
+				req->r_resend = true;
+				rc = 0;
+			} else {
+				__unregister_request(osdc, req);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&osdc->request_mutex);