diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 14256b7fce79bad133db3e2866839c06cef51934..db0944465127d7d8eea09185e004d1beaa375445 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -1010,13 +1010,15 @@ static void overwrite_endio(struct bio *bio, int err)
 	struct per_bio_data *pb = get_per_bio_data(bio, pb_data_size);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	dm_unhook_bio(&pb->hook_info, bio);
+
 	if (err)
 		mg->err = true;
 
+	mg->requeue_holder = false;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cache->lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&mg->list, &cache->completed_migrations);
-	dm_unhook_bio(&pb->hook_info, bio);
-	mg->requeue_holder = false;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cache->lock, flags);
 
 	wake_worker(cache);