diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-cleaner.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-cleaner.c
index 240c9f0e85e7..8a096456579b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-cleaner.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-cleaner.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static struct dm_cache_policy *wb_create(dm_cblock_t cache_size,
 static struct dm_cache_policy_type wb_policy_type = {
 	.name = "cleaner",
 	.version = {1, 0, 0},
-	.hint_size = 0,
+	.hint_size = 4,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.create = wb_create
 };