diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 71eb233b9ace7a23f143170e8f4cc924a2a1de9a..b6a74bcbb08f8800bae2aa57888498a46eb85f69 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ static void request_write(struct cached_dev *dc, struct search *s)
 		closure_bio_submit(bio, cl, s->d);
 	} else {
 		bch_writeback_add(dc);
+		s->op.cache_bio = bio;
 
 		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 			/* Also need to send a flush to the backing device */
@@ -1008,8 +1009,6 @@ static void request_write(struct cached_dev *dc, struct search *s)
 			flush->bi_private = cl;
 
 			closure_bio_submit(flush, cl, s->d);
-		} else {
-			s->op.cache_bio = bio;
 		}
 	}
 out: