diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 15ba173c07ae..16e13ba9c9ac 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1630,6 +1630,8 @@ static void __send_cap(struct cap_msg_args *arg, struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
 		spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 		__cap_delay_requeue(arg->session->s_mdsc, ci);
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+		ceph_buffer_put(arg->old_xattr_buf);
+		ceph_buffer_put(arg->xattr_buf);
 		return;
 	}