diff --git a/src/mds/MDCache.cc b/src/mds/MDCache.cc
index 2b6c7af13ea..81167e363b9 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDCache.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDCache.cc
@@ -9485,6 +9485,19 @@ void MDCache::handle_find_ino(const cref_t<MMDSFindIno> &m)
   if (in) {
     in->make_path(r->path);
     dout(10) << " have " << r->path << " " << *in << dendl;
+
+    /*
+     * If the the CInode was just created by using openc in current
+     * auth MDS, but the client just sends a getattr request to another
+     * replica MDS. Then here it will make a path of '#INODE-NUMBER'
+     * only because the CInode hasn't been linked yet, and the replica
+     * MDS will keep retrying until the auth MDS flushes the mdlog and
+     * the C_MDS_openc_finish and link_primary_inode are called at most
+     * 5 seconds later.
+     */
+    if (!in->get_parent_dn() && in->is_auth()) {
+      mds->mdlog->flush();
+    }
   }
   mds->send_message_mds(r, mds_rank_t(m->get_source().num()));
 }