diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index 8568dbd50ba402f23e0d5870e6c7d07737e530be..4a4e9c75fc4cddca59c30df2f18ebaa6f0baaa61 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -1624,17 +1624,19 @@ void dm_cache_metadata_set_stats(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd,
 
 int dm_cache_commit(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd, bool clean_shutdown)
 {
-	int r;
+	int r = -EINVAL;
 	flags_mutator mutator = (clean_shutdown ? set_clean_shutdown :
 				 clear_clean_shutdown);
 
 	WRITE_LOCK(cmd);
+	if (cmd->fail_io)
+		goto out;
+
 	r = __commit_transaction(cmd, mutator);
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 
 	r = __begin_transaction(cmd);
-
 out:
 	WRITE_UNLOCK(cmd);
 	return r;
@@ -1646,7 +1648,8 @@ int dm_cache_get_free_metadata_block_count(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd,
 	int r = -EINVAL;
 
 	READ_LOCK(cmd);
-	r = dm_sm_get_nr_free(cmd->metadata_sm, result);
+	if (!cmd->fail_io)
+		r = dm_sm_get_nr_free(cmd->metadata_sm, result);
 	READ_UNLOCK(cmd);
 
 	return r;
@@ -1658,7 +1661,8 @@ int dm_cache_get_metadata_dev_size(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd,
 	int r = -EINVAL;
 
 	READ_LOCK(cmd);
-	r = dm_sm_get_nr_blocks(cmd->metadata_sm, result);
+	if (!cmd->fail_io)
+		r = dm_sm_get_nr_blocks(cmd->metadata_sm, result);
 	READ_UNLOCK(cmd);
 
 	return r;