diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index ae1edffd14ea..b608e88acd51 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -1703,6 +1703,7 @@ static int map_bio(struct cache *cache, struct bio *bio, dm_oblock_t block,
 				bio_drop_shared_lock(cache, bio);
 				atomic_inc(&cache->stats.demotion);
 				invalidate_start(cache, cblock, block, bio);
+				return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
 			} else
 				remap_to_origin_clear_discard(cache, bio, block);
 		} else {