diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
index f5203dfc4cfe95d3c27d5935ac1455d8fc7bc53c..8435f81e5d858012e8aca6be8204e923a34b1d01 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ void bch_journal_meta(struct cache_set *c, struct closure *cl)
 		if (cl)
 			BUG_ON(!closure_wait(&w->wait, cl));
 
+		closure_flush(&c->journal.io);
 		__journal_try_write(c, true);
 	}
 }