diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
index de83a7f46..9e08ec7b7 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ ftl_alloc_io_nv_cache(struct ftl_io *parent, size_t num_lbks)
 		.parent		= parent,
 		.data		= ftl_io_iovec_addr(parent),
 		.lbk_cnt	= num_lbks,
-		.flags		= FTL_IO_CACHE,
+		.flags		= parent->flags | FTL_IO_CACHE,
 	};
 
 	return ftl_io_init_internal(&opts);
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c
index 8caec1f8f..aea0d93ec 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ struct ftl_io *
 ftl_io_init_internal(const struct ftl_io_init_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct ftl_io *io = opts->io;
+	struct ftl_io *parent = opts->parent;
 	struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev = opts->dev;
 	struct iovec iov = {
 		.iov_base = opts->data,
@@ -279,8 +280,8 @@ ftl_io_init_internal(const struct ftl_io_init_opts *opts)
 	};
 
 	if (!io) {
-		if (opts->parent) {
-			io = ftl_io_alloc_child(opts->parent);
+		if (parent) {
+			io = ftl_io_alloc_child(parent);
 		} else {
 			io = ftl_io_alloc(dev->ioch);
 		}
@@ -297,6 +298,14 @@ ftl_io_init_internal(const struct ftl_io_init_opts *opts)
 	io->band = opts->band;
 	io->md = opts->md;
 
+	if (parent) {
+		if (parent->flags & FTL_IO_VECTOR_LBA) {
+			io->lba.vector = parent->lba.vector + parent->pos;
+		} else {
+			io->lba.single = parent->lba.single + parent->pos;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ftl_io_init_iovec(io, &iov, 1, opts->lbk_cnt)) {
 		if (!opts->io) {
 			ftl_io_free(io);