diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index dc947f54824e..43824d73366d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -1981,5 +1981,8 @@ bool dm_pool_metadata_needs_check(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 
 void dm_pool_issue_prefetches(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 {
-	dm_tm_issue_prefetches(pmd->tm);
+	down_read(&pmd->root_lock);
+	if (!pmd->fail_io)
+		dm_tm_issue_prefetches(pmd->tm);
+	up_read(&pmd->root_lock);
 }