diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 1449e1ac8409..43bef8f40dee 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
 /*
  * increase ref count for the realm
  *
- * caller must hold snap_rwsem for write.
+ * caller must hold snap_rwsem.
  */
 void ceph_get_snap_realm(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			 struct ceph_snap_realm *realm)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held_write(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 
 	dout("get_realm %p %d -> %d\n", realm,
 	     atomic_read(&realm->nref), atomic_read(&realm->nref)+1);
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static struct ceph_snap_realm *ceph_create_snap_realm(
 /*
  * lookup the realm rooted at @ino.
  *
- * caller must hold snap_rwsem for write.
+ * caller must hold snap_rwsem.
  */
 static struct ceph_snap_realm *__lookup_snap_realm(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 						   u64 ino)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static struct ceph_snap_realm *__lookup_snap_realm(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	struct rb_node *n = mdsc->snap_realms.rb_node;
 	struct ceph_snap_realm *r;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held_write(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 
 	while (n) {
 		r = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_snap_realm, node);