diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 788dce87043e..598342833d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -774,18 +774,30 @@ static void pblk_recov_wa_counters(struct pblk *pblk,
 }
 
 static int pblk_line_was_written(struct pblk_line *line,
-			    struct pblk_line_meta *lm)
+			    struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 
-	int i;
-	int state_mask = NVM_CHK_ST_OFFLINE | NVM_CHK_ST_FREE;
+	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
+	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
+	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
+	struct nvm_chk_meta *chunk;
+	struct ppa_addr bppa;
+	int smeta_blk;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < lm->blk_per_line; i++) {
-		if (!(line->chks[i].state & state_mask))
-			return 1;
-	}
+	if (line->state == PBLK_LINESTATE_BAD)
+		return 0;
 
-	return 0;
+	smeta_blk = find_first_zero_bit(line->blk_bitmap, lm->blk_per_line);
+	if (smeta_blk >= lm->blk_per_line)
+		return 0;
+
+	bppa = pblk->luns[smeta_blk].bppa;
+	chunk = &line->chks[pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, bppa)];
+
+	if (chunk->state & NVM_CHK_ST_FREE)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
@@ -824,7 +836,7 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 		line->lun_bitmap = ((void *)(smeta_buf)) +
 						sizeof(struct line_smeta);
 
-		if (!pblk_line_was_written(line, lm))
+		if (!pblk_line_was_written(line, pblk))
 			continue;
 
 		/* Lines that cannot be read are assumed as not written here */