diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
index 9e08ec7b7..5ce720313 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ ftl_rwb_fill(struct ftl_io *io)
 	}
 
 	if (ftl_io_done(io)) {
-		if (dev->nv_cache.bdev_desc) {
+		if (dev->nv_cache.bdev_desc && !(io->flags & FTL_IO_BYPASS_CACHE)) {
 			ftl_write_nv_cache(io);
 		} else {
 			ftl_io_complete(io);
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_io.h b/lib/ftl/ftl_io.h
index db50ba188..dac3dc3da 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_io.h
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_io.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ enum ftl_io_flags {
 	/* Indicates that PPA should be taken from IO struct, */
 	/* not assigned by wptr, only works if wptr is also in direct mode */
 	FTL_IO_DIRECT_ACCESS	= (1 << 9),
+	/* Bypass the non-volatile cache */
+	FTL_IO_BYPASS_CACHE	= (1 << 10),
 };
 
 enum ftl_io_type {