diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
index 6be05bd7ca6711..08c3a9f9676c9e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
@@ -685,8 +685,10 @@ static int bch_writeback_thread(void *arg)
 			 * data on cache. BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING flag is set in
 			 * bch_cached_dev_detach().
 			 */
-			if (test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &dc->disk.flags))
+			if (test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &dc->disk.flags)) {
+				up_write(&dc->writeback_lock);
 				break;
+			}
 		}
 
 		up_write(&dc->writeback_lock);