diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7b911a1ca42b..28afdfea5171 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b978440b8db901aba0c4cd38c7c841c9b5cd9a7e
+refs/heads/master: 79ed9caffc9fff67aa64fd683e791aa70f1bcb51
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index fbd3625f2748..1bb91802b22a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static int __dirty(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd, dm_cblock_t cblock, bool dirty
 		/* nothing to be done */
 		return 0;
 
-	value = pack_value(oblock, flags | (dirty ? M_DIRTY : 0));
+	value = pack_value(oblock, (flags & ~M_DIRTY) | (dirty ? M_DIRTY : 0));
 	__dm_bless_for_disk(&value);
 
 	r = dm_array_set_value(&cmd->info, cmd->root, from_cblock(cblock),