diff --git a/src/osdc/Objecter.cc b/src/osdc/Objecter.cc
index e9d0ade7b0380..5b4d314fead3f 100644
--- a/src/osdc/Objecter.cc
+++ b/src/osdc/Objecter.cc
@@ -1679,10 +1679,13 @@ class C_CancelOp : public Context
   ceph_tid_t tid;
   Objecter *objecter;
 public:
-  C_CancelOp(ceph_tid_t t, Objecter *objecter) : tid(t), objecter(objecter) {}
+  C_CancelOp(Objecter *objecter) : objecter(objecter) {}
   void finish(int r) {
     objecter->op_cancel(tid, -ETIMEDOUT);
   }
+  void set_tid(ceph_tid_t _tid) {
+    tid = _tid;
+  }
 };
 
 ceph_tid_t Objecter::op_submit(Op *op, int *ctx_budget)
@@ -1711,11 +1714,17 @@ ceph_tid_t Objecter::_op_submit_with_budget(Op *op, RWLock::Context& lc, int *ct
     }
   }
 
+  C_CancelOp *cb = NULL;
+  if (osd_timeout > 0) {
+    cb = new C_CancelOp(this);
+    op->ontimeout = cb;
+  }
+
   ceph_tid_t tid = _op_submit(op, lc);
 
-  if (osd_timeout > 0) {
+  if (cb) {
+    cb->set_tid(tid);
     Mutex::Locker l(timer_lock);
-    op->ontimeout = new C_CancelOp(tid, this);
     timer.add_event_after(osd_timeout, op->ontimeout);
   }