diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
index 879227d584e7..c3e038d4b22e 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
@@ -158,9 +158,11 @@ static void pblk_prepare_resubmit(struct pblk *pblk, unsigned int sentry,
 		w_ctx = &entry->w_ctx;
 
 		/* Check if the lba has been overwritten */
-		ppa_l2p = pblk_trans_map_get(pblk, w_ctx->lba);
-		if (!pblk_ppa_comp(ppa_l2p, entry->cacheline))
-			w_ctx->lba = ADDR_EMPTY;
+		if (w_ctx->lba != ADDR_EMPTY) {
+			ppa_l2p = pblk_trans_map_get(pblk, w_ctx->lba);
+			if (!pblk_ppa_comp(ppa_l2p, entry->cacheline))
+				w_ctx->lba = ADDR_EMPTY;
+		}
 
 		/* Mark up the entry as submittable again */
 		flags = READ_ONCE(w_ctx->flags);