diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 87a9e9096421..df1ecb8bfebf 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -4511,7 +4511,7 @@ static void delayed_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	dout("mdsc delayed_work\n");
 
-	if (mdsc->stopping)
+	if (mdsc->stopping >= CEPH_MDSC_STOPPING_FLUSHED)
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
@@ -4701,7 +4701,7 @@ void send_flush_mdlog(struct ceph_mds_session *s)
 void ceph_mdsc_pre_umount(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 {
 	dout("pre_umount\n");
-	mdsc->stopping = 1;
+	mdsc->stopping = CEPH_MDSC_STOPPING_BEGIN;
 
 	ceph_mdsc_iterate_sessions(mdsc, send_flush_mdlog, true);
 	ceph_mdsc_iterate_sessions(mdsc, lock_unlock_session, false);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index a92e42e8a9f8..1c958510f00f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ struct cap_wait {
 	int			want;
 };
 
+enum {
+       CEPH_MDSC_STOPPING_BEGIN = 1,
+       CEPH_MDSC_STOPPING_FLUSHED = 2,
+};
+
 /*
  * mds client state
  */
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index 08c8d34c9809..f2aff97348bc 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -1222,6 +1222,16 @@ static void ceph_kill_sb(struct super_block *s)
 	ceph_mdsc_pre_umount(fsc->mdsc);
 	flush_fs_workqueues(fsc);
 
+	/*
+	 * Though the kill_anon_super() will finally trigger the
+	 * sync_filesystem() anyway, we still need to do it here
+	 * and then bump the stage of shutdown to stop the work
+	 * queue as earlier as possible.
+	 */
+	sync_filesystem(s);
+
+	fsc->mdsc->stopping = CEPH_MDSC_STOPPING_FLUSHED;
+
 	kill_anon_super(s);
 
 	fsc->client->extra_mon_dispatch = NULL;