diff --git a/fs/ceph/acl.c b/fs/ceph/acl.c
index 987044bca1c27176ab4d6fca34e5787ae3f9404c..59cb307b15fbea58eca82535b7a7b30ec6db5409 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/acl.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ int ceph_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	}
 
 	if (new_mode != old_mode) {
+		newattrs.ia_ctime = current_time(inode);
 		newattrs.ia_mode = new_mode;
 		newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
 		ret = __ceph_setattr(inode, &newattrs);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c
index e8f11fa565c53ac58fddf402f6ade6320d47d490..7df550c13d7f3e25c2f0f4d6259bd92255a44f58 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/export.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/export.c
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ static struct dentry *__fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 		ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
 		if (!inode)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+		if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
+			iput(inode);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return d_obtain_alias(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index dcce79b844064447af8e542fe34188a4f58e22d9..4de6cdddf05928a29051e9996e75245732fee618 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -2022,7 +2022,6 @@ int __ceph_setattr(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 		    attr->ia_size > inode->i_size) {
 			i_size_write(inode, attr->ia_size);
 			inode->i_blocks = calc_inode_blocks(attr->ia_size);
-			inode->i_ctime = attr->ia_ctime;
 			ci->i_reported_size = attr->ia_size;
 			dirtied |= CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL;
 		} else if ((issued & CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED) == 0 ||
@@ -2044,7 +2043,6 @@ int __ceph_setattr(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 		     inode->i_ctime.tv_sec, inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec,
 		     attr->ia_ctime.tv_sec, attr->ia_ctime.tv_nsec,
 		     only ? "ctime only" : "ignored");
-		inode->i_ctime = attr->ia_ctime;
 		if (only) {
 			/*
 			 * if kernel wants to dirty ctime but nothing else,
@@ -2067,7 +2065,7 @@ int __ceph_setattr(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 	if (dirtied) {
 		inode_dirty_flags = __ceph_mark_dirty_caps(ci, dirtied,
 							   &prealloc_cf);
-		inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+		inode->i_ctime = attr->ia_ctime;
 	}
 
 	release &= issued;
@@ -2085,6 +2083,7 @@ int __ceph_setattr(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 		req->r_inode_drop = release;
 		req->r_args.setattr.mask = cpu_to_le32(mask);
 		req->r_num_caps = 1;
+		req->r_stamp = attr->ia_ctime;
 		err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, NULL, req);
 	}
 	dout("setattr %p result=%d (%s locally, %d remote)\n", inode, err,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index f38e56fa97129d646285fa2b433e8130c7b85312..0c05df44cc6c8888d56d32f53d54fba109f8508c 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1687,7 +1687,6 @@ struct ceph_mds_request *
 ceph_mdsc_create_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int op, int mode)
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_NOFS);
-	struct timespec ts;
 
 	if (!req)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1706,8 +1705,7 @@ ceph_mdsc_create_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int op, int mode)
 	init_completion(&req->r_safe_completion);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->r_unsafe_item);
 
-	ktime_get_real_ts(&ts);
-	req->r_stamp = timespec_trunc(ts, mdsc->fsc->sb->s_time_gran);
+	req->r_stamp = timespec_trunc(current_kernel_time(), mdsc->fsc->sb->s_time_gran);
 
 	req->r_op = op;
 	req->r_direct_mode = mode;