diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc
index 262e72f3bdf..bef067d6274 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.cc
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ bool File::ioActive()
       m_prefetchState = kStopped;
       cache()->DeRegisterPrefetchFile(this);
    }
-   m_stateCond.UnLock();
 
-   m_stateCond.Lock();
    m_stateCond.UnLock();
 
+
+   // remove failed blocks and check if map is empty
    m_downloadCond.Lock();
    /*      
    // high debug print 
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ bool File::ioActive()
 
    }
    */
-   // remove failed blocks
    BlockMap_i itr = m_block_map.begin();
    while (itr != m_block_map.end()) {
       if (itr->second->is_failed() && itr->second->m_refcnt == 1) {
@@ -191,7 +190,13 @@ bool File::ioActive()
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________
 
-
+void File::WakeUp()
+{
+   // called if this object is recycled by other IO
+   m_stateCond.Lock();
+   if (m_prefetchState != kComplete) m_prefetchState = kOn;
+   m_stateCond.UnLock();
+}
 
 //==============================================================================
 
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh
index 9c5f5693f71..9f7c7d597bd 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheFile.hh
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
       XrdOucTrace*  GetTrace();
 
       long long GetFileSize() { return m_fileSize;}
+
+      void WakeUp();
    private:
       bool overlap(int       blk,      // block to query
                    long long blk_size, //
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc
index 13acc030aaf..6734b51539e 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ IOEntireFile::IOEntireFile(XrdOucCacheIO2 *io, XrdOucCacheStats &stats, Cache &
    XrdCl::URL url(m_io->Path());
    std::string fname = Cache::GetInstance().RefConfiguration().m_cache_dir + url.GetPath();
 
-   if (!(m_file = Cache::GetInstance().GetFileWithLocalPath(fname, this)))
+   if ((m_file = Cache::GetInstance().GetFileWithLocalPath(fname, this)))
    {
+      m_file->WakeUp();
+   }
+   else {
+
       struct stat st;
       int res = Fstat(st);