diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c
index 5de3195f6cb2..eb10eacabc8f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ xfs_inode_mark_sick(
 	ip->i_sick |= mask;
 	ip->i_checked |= mask;
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Keep this inode around so we don't lose the sickness report.  Scrub
+	 * grabs inodes with DONTCACHE assuming that most inode are ok, which
+	 * is not the case here.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&VFS_I(ip)->i_lock);
+	VFS_I(ip)->i_state &= ~I_DONTCACHE;
+	spin_unlock(&VFS_I(ip)->i_lock);
 }
 
 /* Mark parts of an inode healed. */