diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index 293a19652d5549a4ba494b0748a8fd8ebf463090..fe5ad640a0aab2b26019bcf47c2c881bc62a55e2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,11 @@ static void dm_integrity_map_continue(struct dm_integrity_io *dio, bool from_map
 
 	if (need_sync_io) {
 		wait_for_completion_io(&read_comp);
-		integrity_metadata(&dio->work);
+		if (likely(!bio->bi_status))
+			integrity_metadata(&dio->work);
+		else
+			dec_in_flight(dio);
+
 	} else {
 		INIT_WORK(&dio->work, integrity_metadata);
 		queue_work(ic->metadata_wq, &dio->work);