diff --git a/src/utils/utils_parallelize.c b/src/utils/utils_parallelize.c
index 43983bd..e22d436 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_parallelize.c
+++ b/src/utils/utils_parallelize.c
@@ -25,11 +25,25 @@ struct ocf_parallelize {
 	struct ocf_request *reqs[];
 };
 
+static void _ocf_parallelize_finish(ocf_parallelize_t parallelize)
+{
+	ocf_parallelize_finish_t finish;
+	void *priv;
+	int error;
+
+	if (env_atomic_dec_return(&parallelize->remaining))
+		return;
+
+	finish = parallelize->finish;
+	priv = parallelize->priv;
+	error = env_atomic_read(&parallelize->error);
+
+	finish(parallelize, priv, error);
+}
+
 static int _ocf_parallelize_hndl(struct ocf_request *req)
 {
 	ocf_parallelize_t parallelize = req->priv;
-	ocf_parallelize_finish_t finish;
-	void *priv;
 	int error;
 
 	error = parallelize->handle(parallelize, parallelize->priv,
@@ -37,14 +51,7 @@ static int _ocf_parallelize_hndl(struct ocf_request *req)
 
 	env_atomic_cmpxchg(&parallelize->error, 0, error);
 
-	if (env_atomic_dec_return(&parallelize->remaining))
-		return 0;
-
-	finish = parallelize->finish;
-	priv = parallelize->priv;
-	error = env_atomic_read(&parallelize->error);
-
-	finish(parallelize, priv, error);
+	_ocf_parallelize_finish(parallelize);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ int ocf_parallelize_create(ocf_parallelize_t *parallelize,
 		ocf_parallelize_finish_t finish)
 {
 	ocf_parallelize_t tmp_parallelize;
+	struct list_head *iter;
 	ocf_queue_t queue;
 	size_t prl_size;
 	unsigned queue_count = 0;
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ int ocf_parallelize_create(ocf_parallelize_t *parallelize,
 	queue_count = ocf_cache_get_queue_count(cache);
 
 	if (shards_cnt == 0)
-		shards_cnt = queue_count;
+		shards_cnt = queue_count ?: 1;
 
 	prl_size = sizeof(*tmp_parallelize) +
 			shards_cnt * sizeof(*tmp_parallelize->reqs);
@@ -83,26 +91,31 @@ int ocf_parallelize_create(ocf_parallelize_t *parallelize,
 	tmp_parallelize->finish = finish;
 
 	tmp_parallelize->shards_cnt = shards_cnt;
-	env_atomic_set(&tmp_parallelize->remaining, shards_cnt);
+	env_atomic_set(&tmp_parallelize->remaining, shards_cnt + 1);
 	env_atomic_set(&tmp_parallelize->error, 0);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < shards_cnt;) {
-		list_for_each_entry(queue, &cache->io_queues, list) {
-			if (i == shards_cnt)
-				break;
-			tmp_parallelize->reqs[i] = ocf_req_new(queue,
-					NULL, 0, 0, 0);
-			if (!tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]) {
-				result = -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;
-				goto err_reqs;
-			}
-			tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->info.internal = true;
-			tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->engine_handler =
-					_ocf_parallelize_hndl;
-			tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->byte_position = i;
-			tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->priv = tmp_parallelize;
-			i++;
+
+	iter = cache->io_queues.next;
+	for (i = 0; i < shards_cnt; i++) {
+		if (queue_count > 0) {
+			queue = list_entry(iter, struct ocf_queue, list);
+			iter = iter->next;
+			if (iter == &cache->io_queues)
+				iter = iter->next;
+		} else {
+			queue = cache->mngt_queue;
 		}
+		tmp_parallelize->reqs[i] = ocf_req_new(queue,
+				NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+		if (!tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]) {
+			result = -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;
+			goto err_reqs;
+		}
+		tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->info.internal = true;
+		tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->engine_handler =
+			_ocf_parallelize_hndl;
+		tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->byte_position = i;
+		tmp_parallelize->reqs[i]->priv = tmp_parallelize;
 	}
 
 	*parallelize = tmp_parallelize;
@@ -143,4 +156,6 @@ void ocf_parallelize_run(ocf_parallelize_t parallelize)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < parallelize->shards_cnt; i++)
 		ocf_queue_push_req(parallelize->reqs[i], OCF_QUEUE_PRIO_HIGH);
+
+	_ocf_parallelize_finish(parallelize);
 }