diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index df2011de7be2..1bbe4a34ef4c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -566,8 +566,10 @@ static int run_io_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 	 * no point in continuing.
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(DM_KCOPYD_WRITE_SEQ, &job->flags) &&
-	    job->master_job->write_err)
+	    job->master_job->write_err) {
+		job->write_err = job->master_job->write_err;
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 
 	io_job_start(job->kc->throttle);
 
@@ -619,6 +621,7 @@ static int process_jobs(struct list_head *jobs, struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc,
 			else
 				job->read_err = 1;
 			push(&kc->complete_jobs, job);
+			wake(kc);
 			break;
 		}