diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index fa8ef2c32af8..40709310e327 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -2901,24 +2901,24 @@ static dm_cblock_t get_cache_dev_size(struct cache *cache)
 static bool can_resize(struct cache *cache, dm_cblock_t new_size)
 {
 	if (from_cblock(new_size) > from_cblock(cache->cache_size)) {
-		if (cache->sized) {
-			DMERR("%s: unable to extend cache due to missing cache table reload",
-			      cache_device_name(cache));
-			return false;
-		}
+		DMERR("%s: unable to extend cache due to missing cache table reload",
+		      cache_device_name(cache));
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We can't drop a dirty block when shrinking the cache.
 	 */
-	new_size = to_cblock(find_next_bit(cache->dirty_bitset,
-					   from_cblock(cache->cache_size),
-					   from_cblock(new_size)));
-	if (new_size != cache->cache_size) {
-		DMERR("%s: unable to shrink cache; cache block %llu is dirty",
-		      cache_device_name(cache),
-		      (unsigned long long) from_cblock(new_size));
-		return false;
+	if (cache->loaded_mappings) {
+		new_size = to_cblock(find_next_bit(cache->dirty_bitset,
+						   from_cblock(cache->cache_size),
+						   from_cblock(new_size)));
+		if (new_size != cache->cache_size) {
+			DMERR("%s: unable to shrink cache; cache block %llu is dirty",
+			      cache_device_name(cache),
+			      (unsigned long long) from_cblock(new_size));
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -2949,20 +2949,15 @@ static int cache_preresume(struct dm_target *ti)
 	/*
 	 * Check to see if the cache has resized.
 	 */
-	if (!cache->sized) {
-		r = resize_cache_dev(cache, csize);
-		if (r)
-			return r;
-
-		cache->sized = true;
-
-	} else if (csize != cache->cache_size) {
+	if (!cache->sized || csize != cache->cache_size) {
 		if (!can_resize(cache, csize))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		r = resize_cache_dev(cache, csize);
 		if (r)
 			return r;
+
+		cache->sized = true;
 	}
 
 	if (!cache->loaded_mappings) {