diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 0b6a8bb0642f..c80d77915491 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -4306,6 +4306,9 @@ static void osd_fault(struct ceph_connection *con)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	osd->o_sparse_op_idx = -1;
+	ceph_init_sparse_read(&osd->o_sparse_read);
+
 	if (!reopen_osd(osd))
 		kick_osd_requests(osd);
 	maybe_request_map(osdc);