diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
index 5df4a696184a..bee2352fcce1 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
@@ -381,16 +381,26 @@ static void rrpc_block_gc(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct rrpc *rrpc = gcb->rrpc;
 	struct rrpc_block *rblk = gcb->rblk;
 	struct nvm_dev *dev = rrpc->dev;
+	struct nvm_lun *lun = rblk->parent->lun;
+	struct rrpc_lun *rlun = &rrpc->luns[lun->id - rrpc->lun_offset];
 
+	mempool_free(gcb, rrpc->gcb_pool);
 	pr_debug("nvm: block '%lu' being reclaimed\n", rblk->parent->id);
 
 	if (rrpc_move_valid_pages(rrpc, rblk))
-		goto done;
+		goto put_back;
+
+	if (nvm_erase_blk(dev, rblk->parent))
+		goto put_back;
 
-	nvm_erase_blk(dev, rblk->parent);
 	rrpc_put_blk(rrpc, rblk);
-done:
-	mempool_free(gcb, rrpc->gcb_pool);
+
+	return;
+
+put_back:
+	spin_lock(&rlun->lock);
+	list_add_tail(&rblk->prio, &rlun->prio_list);
+	spin_unlock(&rlun->lock);
 }
 
 /* the block with highest number of invalid pages, will be in the beginning