diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index f5a38910a82b..271d8283d263 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2764,7 +2764,19 @@ int ceph_get_caps(struct file *filp, int need, int want,
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 			continue;
 		if (!ret) {
+			struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = fsc->mdsc;
+			struct cap_wait cw;
 			DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
+
+			cw.ino = inode->i_ino;
+			cw.tgid = current->tgid;
+			cw.need = need;
+			cw.want = want;
+
+			spin_lock(&mdsc->caps_list_lock);
+			list_add(&cw.list, &mdsc->cap_wait_list);
+			spin_unlock(&mdsc->caps_list_lock);
+
 			add_wait_queue(&ci->i_cap_wq, &wait);
 
 			flags |= NON_BLOCKING;
@@ -2778,6 +2790,11 @@ int ceph_get_caps(struct file *filp, int need, int want,
 			}
 
 			remove_wait_queue(&ci->i_cap_wq, &wait);
+
+			spin_lock(&mdsc->caps_list_lock);
+			list_del(&cw.list);
+			spin_unlock(&mdsc->caps_list_lock);
+
 			if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 				continue;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ceph/debugfs.c b/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
index facb387c2735..c281f32b54f7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int caps_show(struct seq_file *s, void *p)
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = s->private;
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = fsc->mdsc;
 	int total, avail, used, reserved, min, i;
+	struct cap_wait	*cw;
 
 	ceph_reservation_status(fsc, &total, &avail, &used, &reserved, &min);
 	seq_printf(s, "total\t\t%d\n"
@@ -166,6 +167,18 @@ static int caps_show(struct seq_file *s, void *p)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
 
+	seq_printf(s, "\n\nWaiters:\n--------\n");
+	seq_printf(s, "tgid         ino                need             want\n");
+	seq_printf(s, "-----------------------------------------------------\n");
+
+	spin_lock(&mdsc->caps_list_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(cw, &mdsc->cap_wait_list, list) {
+		seq_printf(s, "%-13d0x%-17lx%-17s%-17s\n", cw->tgid, cw->ino,
+				ceph_cap_string(cw->need),
+				ceph_cap_string(cw->want));
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&mdsc->caps_list_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index a3110d216aae..f8735fc9f9d6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -4169,6 +4169,7 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mdsc->delayed_work, delayed_work);
 	mdsc->last_renew_caps = jiffies;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->cap_delay_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->cap_wait_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&mdsc->cap_delay_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->snap_flush_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&mdsc->snap_flush_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 5cd131b41d84..14c7e8c49970 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ struct ceph_quotarealm_inode {
 	struct inode *inode;
 };
 
+struct cap_wait {
+	struct list_head	list;
+	unsigned long		ino;
+	pid_t			tgid;
+	int			need;
+	int			want;
+};
+
 /*
  * mds client state
  */
@@ -416,6 +424,7 @@ struct ceph_mds_client {
 	spinlock_t	caps_list_lock;
 	struct		list_head caps_list; /* unused (reserved or
 						unreserved) */
+	struct		list_head cap_wait_list;
 	int		caps_total_count;    /* total caps allocated */
 	int		caps_use_count;      /* in use */
 	int		caps_use_max;	     /* max used caps */