diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 86c8b6859852..ff5a05346f52 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/bits.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/mnt_idmapping.h>
 
 #include "super.h"
 #include "mds_client.h"
@@ -1122,6 +1123,8 @@ void ceph_mdsc_release_request(struct kref *kref)
 	kfree(req->r_path1);
 	kfree(req->r_path2);
 	put_cred(req->r_cred);
+	if (req->r_mnt_idmap)
+		mnt_idmap_put(req->r_mnt_idmap);
 	if (req->r_pagelist)
 		ceph_pagelist_release(req->r_pagelist);
 	kfree(req->r_fscrypt_auth);
@@ -1181,6 +1184,8 @@ static void __register_request(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	insert_request(&mdsc->request_tree, req);
 
 	req->r_cred = get_current_cred();
+	if (!req->r_mnt_idmap)
+		req->r_mnt_idmap = &nop_mnt_idmap;
 
 	if (mdsc->oldest_tid == 0 && req->r_op != CEPH_MDS_OP_SETFILELOCK)
 		mdsc->oldest_tid = req->r_tid;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index df9e3d668969..eb5e76446046 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ struct ceph_mds_request {
 	int r_fmode;        /* file mode, if expecting cap */
 	int r_request_release_offset;
 	const struct cred *r_cred;
+	struct mnt_idmap *r_mnt_idmap;
 	struct timespec64 r_stamp;
 
 	/* for choosing which mds to send this request to */