diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c
index 5aa8f43856c515720d0d3cc5a6b9aa2157186aba..54421a846a0c50737ccfc492b15a2c0ec700af0d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c
@@ -1452,6 +1452,7 @@ static void __complete_background_work(struct smq_policy *mq,
 		clear_pending(mq, e);
 		if (success) {
 			e->oblock = work->oblock;
+			e->level = NR_CACHE_LEVELS - 1;
 			push(mq, e);
 			// h, q, a
 		} else {