diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index 671c24332802e5702de7353d3a9479c004616657..3f694d9061ec5fd53e2449f601cee75d3ec6023e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -548,8 +548,10 @@ static int run_io_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 	 * no point in continuing.
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(DM_KCOPYD_WRITE_SEQ, &job->flags) &&
-	    job->master_job->write_err)
+	    job->master_job->write_err) {
+		job->write_err = job->master_job->write_err;
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 
 	io_job_start(job->kc->throttle);
 
@@ -601,6 +603,7 @@ static int process_jobs(struct list_head *jobs, struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc,
 			else
 				job->read_err = 1;
 			push(&kc->complete_jobs, job);
+			wake(kc);
 			break;
 		}