diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 7755af3..7dab682 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ static void set_dirty(struct cache *cache, dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t cbloc
 {
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(from_cblock(cblock), cache->dirty_bitset)) {
 		atomic_inc(&cache->nr_dirty);
-		policy_set_dirty(cache->policy, oblock);
 	}
+	policy_set_dirty(cache->policy, oblock);
 }
 
 static void clear_dirty(struct cache *cache, dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t cblock)