diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 39f5311404b0815d75ba60c611d18c15e3a392d1..060bdcc5ce32cfa873dc5b084c6caf02c20e9aca 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -930,6 +930,10 @@ static int ceph_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	req->r_num_caps = 2;
 	req->r_dentry_drop = CEPH_CAP_FILE_SHARED | CEPH_CAP_AUTH_EXCL;
 	req->r_dentry_unless = CEPH_CAP_FILE_EXCL;
+	if (as_ctx.pagelist) {
+		req->r_pagelist = as_ctx.pagelist;
+		as_ctx.pagelist = NULL;
+	}
 	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, dir, req);
 	if (!err && !req->r_reply_info.head->is_dentry)
 		err = ceph_handle_notrace_create(dir, dentry);