diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
index f3ec32cabf4..0e1906a4f6f 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ File*
 Cache::GetNextFileToPrefetch()
 {
    m_prefetch_condVar.Lock();
-   if (m_prefetchList.empty()) {
+   while (m_prefetchList.empty()) {
       m_prefetch_condVar.Wait();
    }