diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 4a26862d7667e..76d8d9495d1d4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -3612,6 +3612,39 @@ fail_msg:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static struct dentry* d_find_primary(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct dentry *alias, *dn = NULL;
+
+	if (hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
+		return NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+		alias = hlist_entry(inode->i_dentry.first, struct dentry, d_u.d_alias);
+		if (!IS_ROOT(alias))
+			dn = dget(alias);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	hlist_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_u.d_alias) {
+		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
+		if (!d_unhashed(alias) &&
+		    (ceph_dentry(alias)->flags & CEPH_DENTRY_PRIMARY_LINK)) {
+			dn = dget_dlock(alias);
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
+		if (dn)
+			break;
+	}
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	return dn;
+}
+
 /*
  * Encode information about a cap for a reconnect with the MDS.
  */
@@ -3625,13 +3658,32 @@ static int reconnect_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = cap->ci;
 	struct ceph_reconnect_state *recon_state = arg;
 	struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist = recon_state->pagelist;
-	int err;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	char *path;
+	int pathlen, err;
+	u64 pathbase;
 	u64 snap_follows;
 
 	dout(" adding %p ino %llx.%llx cap %p %lld %s\n",
 	     inode, ceph_vinop(inode), cap, cap->cap_id,
 	     ceph_cap_string(cap->issued));
 
+	dentry = d_find_primary(inode);
+	if (dentry) {
+		/* set pathbase to parent dir when msg_version >= 2 */
+		path = ceph_mdsc_build_path(dentry, &pathlen, &pathbase,
+					    recon_state->msg_version >= 2);
+		dput(dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(path)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(path);
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		path = NULL;
+		pathlen = 0;
+		pathbase = 0;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	cap->seq = 0;        /* reset cap seq */
 	cap->issue_seq = 0;  /* and issue_seq */
@@ -3652,7 +3704,7 @@ static int reconnect_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 		rec.v2.wanted = cpu_to_le32(__ceph_caps_wanted(ci));
 		rec.v2.issued = cpu_to_le32(cap->issued);
 		rec.v2.snaprealm = cpu_to_le64(ci->i_snap_realm->ino);
-		rec.v2.pathbase = 0;
+		rec.v2.pathbase = cpu_to_le64(pathbase);
 		rec.v2.flock_len = (__force __le32)
 			((ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_ERROR_FILELOCK) ? 0 : 1);
 	} else {
@@ -3663,7 +3715,7 @@ static int reconnect_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 		ceph_encode_timespec64(&rec.v1.mtime, &inode->i_mtime);
 		ceph_encode_timespec64(&rec.v1.atime, &inode->i_atime);
 		rec.v1.snaprealm = cpu_to_le64(ci->i_snap_realm->ino);
-		rec.v1.pathbase = 0;
+		rec.v1.pathbase = cpu_to_le64(pathbase);
 	}
 
 	if (list_empty(&ci->i_cap_snaps)) {
@@ -3725,7 +3777,7 @@ encode_again:
 			    sizeof(struct ceph_filelock);
 		rec.v2.flock_len = cpu_to_le32(struct_len);
 
-		struct_len += sizeof(u32) + sizeof(rec.v2);
+		struct_len += sizeof(u32) + pathlen + sizeof(rec.v2);
 
 		if (struct_v >= 2)
 			struct_len += sizeof(u64); /* snap_follows */
@@ -3749,7 +3801,7 @@ encode_again:
 			ceph_pagelist_encode_8(pagelist, 1);
 			ceph_pagelist_encode_32(pagelist, struct_len);
 		}
-		ceph_pagelist_encode_string(pagelist, NULL, 0);
+		ceph_pagelist_encode_string(pagelist, path, pathlen);
 		ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &rec, sizeof(rec.v2));
 		ceph_locks_to_pagelist(flocks, pagelist,
 				       num_fcntl_locks, num_flock_locks);
@@ -3758,39 +3810,20 @@ encode_again:
 out_freeflocks:
 		kfree(flocks);
 	} else {
-		u64 pathbase = 0;
-		int pathlen = 0;
-		char *path = NULL;
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-
-		dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
-		if (dentry) {
-			path = ceph_mdsc_build_path(dentry,
-						&pathlen, &pathbase, 0);
-			dput(dentry);
-			if (IS_ERR(path)) {
-				err = PTR_ERR(path);
-				goto out_err;
-			}
-			rec.v1.pathbase = cpu_to_le64(pathbase);
-		}
-
 		err = ceph_pagelist_reserve(pagelist,
 					    sizeof(u64) + sizeof(u32) +
 					    pathlen + sizeof(rec.v1));
-		if (err) {
-			goto out_freepath;
-		}
+		if (err)
+			goto out_err;
 
 		ceph_pagelist_encode_64(pagelist, ceph_ino(inode));
 		ceph_pagelist_encode_string(pagelist, path, pathlen);
 		ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &rec, sizeof(rec.v1));
-out_freepath:
-		ceph_mdsc_free_path(path, pathlen);
 	}
 
 out_err:
-	if (err >= 0)
+	ceph_mdsc_free_path(path, pathlen);
+	if (!err)
 		recon_state->nr_caps++;
 	return err;
 }
