diff --git a/modules/cas_cache/volume/vol_block_dev_bottom.c b/modules/cas_cache/volume/vol_block_dev_bottom.c
index d032c82e6..cc73c1be5 100644
--- a/modules/cas_cache/volume/vol_block_dev_bottom.c
+++ b/modules/cas_cache/volume/vol_block_dev_bottom.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright(c) 2012-2021 Intel Corporation
+* Copyright(c) 2012-2022 Intel Corporation
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 */
 
@@ -353,6 +353,21 @@ static inline bool cas_bd_io_prepare(int *dir, struct ocf_io *io)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns only flags that are relevant to request's direction.
+ */
+static inline uint64_t filter_req_flags(int dir, uint64_t flags)
+{
+	/* Remove REQ_RAHEAD flag from write request to cache which are a
+	   result of a missed read-head request. This flag caused the nvme
+	   driver to send write command with an access frequency value that
+	   is reserved */
+	if (dir == WRITE)
+		flags &= ~REQ_RAHEAD;
+
+	return flags;
+}
+
 /*
  *
  */
@@ -403,7 +418,7 @@ static void block_dev_submit_io(struct ocf_io *io)
 		CAS_BIO_BISECTOR(bio) = addr / SECTOR_SIZE;
 		bio->bi_next = NULL;
 		bio->bi_private = io;
-		CAS_BIO_OP_FLAGS(bio) |= io->flags;
+		CAS_BIO_OP_FLAGS(bio) |= filter_req_flags(dir, io->flags);
 		bio->bi_end_io = CAS_REFER_BLOCK_CALLBACK(cas_bd_io_end);
 
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