diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index b680da5d7b93..64e96a2bed58 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static void free_migration(struct dm_cache_migration *mg)
 		wake_up(&cache->migration_wait);
 
 	mempool_free(mg, cache->migration_pool);
+	wake_worker(cache);
 }
 
 static int prealloc_data_structs(struct cache *cache, struct prealloc *p)