diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index b8d9404fbdb3bf4fbab8631d82826cfd8defc27b..a051e6e4d7ca5f156ac9676201c76c047f999fef 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2219,9 +2219,9 @@ static int caps_are_flushed(struct inode *inode, u64 flush_tid)
 }
 
 /*
- * wait for any unsafe requests to complete.
+ * flush the mdlog and wait for any unsafe requests to complete.
  */
-static int unsafe_request_wait(struct inode *inode)
+static int flush_mdlog_and_wait_inode_unsafe_requests(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
@@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@ static int unsafe_request_wait(struct inode *inode)
 		kfree(sessions);
 	}
 
-	dout("unsafe_request_wait %p wait on tid %llu %llu\n",
+	dout("%s %p wait on tid %llu %llu\n", __func__,
 	     inode, req1 ? req1->r_tid : 0ULL, req2 ? req2->r_tid : 0ULL);
 	if (req1) {
 		ret = !wait_for_completion_timeout(&req1->r_safe_completion,
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	dirty = try_flush_caps(inode, &flush_tid);
 	dout("fsync dirty caps are %s\n", ceph_cap_string(dirty));
 
-	err = unsafe_request_wait(inode);
+	err = flush_mdlog_and_wait_inode_unsafe_requests(inode);
 
 	/*
 	 * only wait on non-file metadata writeback (the mds