diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
index d00497f9e462..2284dbc0807b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ int cache_replay(struct pcache_cache *cache)
 	struct pcache_cache_pos pos_tail;
 	struct pcache_cache_pos *pos;
 	struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *kset_onmedia;
-	u32 to_copy, count = 0;
+	u32 to_copy, count = 0, last_hops = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	kset_onmedia = kzalloc(PCACHE_KSET_ONMEDIA_SIZE_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -808,6 +808,11 @@ int cache_replay(struct pcache_cache *cache)
 				goto out;
 			}
 
+			if (++last_hops > cache->n_segs) {
+				ret = -EIO;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
 			next_seg = &cache->segments[kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id];
 
 			pos->cache_seg = next_seg;