diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
index 897a53a952c..8adbf650c90 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void Cache::Detach(XrdOucCacheIO* io)
             delete it->file;
          }
          m_active.erase(it);
-         break;
+         (m_configuration.m_hdfsmode == false) break;
       }
       else
          ++it;