if (host_log_mode == LOG_MODE_DIRTY_RING) {
                                /*
-                                * The last page in the ring from this iteration
-                                * or the previous can be written with the value
-                                * from the previous iteration (relative to the
-                                * last page's iteration), as the value to be
-                                * written may be cached in a CPU register.
+                                * The last page in the ring from previous
+                                * iteration can be written with the value
+                                * from the previous iteration, as the value to
+                                * be written may be cached in a CPU register.
                                 */
-                               if ((page == dirty_ring_last_page ||
-                                    page == dirty_ring_prev_iteration_last_page) &&
+                               if (page == dirty_ring_prev_iteration_last_page &&
+                                   val == iteration - 1)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               /*
+                                * Any value from a previous iteration is legal
+                                * for the last entry, as the write may not yet
+                                * have retired, i.e. the page may hold whatever
+                                * it had before this iteration started.
+                                */
+                               if (page == dirty_ring_last_page &&
                                    val < iteration)
                                        continue;
                        } else if (!val && iteration == 1 && bmap0_dirty) {