diff --git a/lbry/blob/disk_space_manager.py b/lbry/blob/disk_space_manager.py
index ba1a20a3d..187f6de97 100644
--- a/lbry/blob/disk_space_manager.py
+++ b/lbry/blob/disk_space_manager.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class DiskSpaceManager:
         self.running = False
         self.task = None
         self.analytics = analytics
+        self._used_space_bytes = None
 
     async def get_free_space_mb(self, is_network_blob=False):
         limit_mb = self.config.network_storage_limit if is_network_blob else self.config.blob_storage_limit
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ class DiskSpaceManager:
         return max(0, limit_mb - space_used_mb)
 
     async def get_space_used_bytes(self):
-        return await self.db.get_stored_blob_disk_usage()
+        self._used_space_bytes = await self.db.get_stored_blob_disk_usage()
+        return self._used_space_bytes
 
-    async def get_space_used_mb(self):
-        space_used_bytes = await self.get_space_used_bytes()
+    async def get_space_used_mb(self, cached=True):
+        cached = cached and self._used_space_bytes is not None
+        space_used_bytes = self._used_space_bytes if cached else await self.get_space_used_bytes()
         return {key: int(value/1024.0/1024.0) for key, value in space_used_bytes.items()}
 
     async def clean(self):
diff --git a/lbry/extras/daemon/components.py b/lbry/extras/daemon/components.py
index f771cd2f3..6747bb3db 100644
--- a/lbry/extras/daemon/components.py
+++ b/lbry/extras/daemon/components.py
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ class BackgroundDownloaderComponent(Component):
         self.blob_manager: typing.Optional[BlobManager] = None
         self.background_downloader: typing.Optional[BackgroundDownloader] = None
         self.dht_node: typing.Optional[Node] = None
+        self.space_available: typing.Optional[int] = None
 
     @property
     def is_busy(self):
@@ -404,12 +405,13 @@ class BackgroundDownloaderComponent(Component):
 
     async def get_status(self):
         return {'running': self.task is not None and not self.task.done(),
-                'available_free_space_mb': await self.space_manager.get_free_space_mb(True),
+                'available_free_space_mb': self.space_available,
                 'ongoing_download': self.is_busy}
 
     async def loop(self):
         while True:
-            if not self.is_busy and await self.space_manager.get_free_space_mb(True) > 10:
+            self.space_available = await self.space_manager.get_free_space_mb(True)
+            if not self.is_busy and self.space_available > 10:
                 blob_hash = next((key.hex() for key in self.dht_node.stored_blob_hashes if
                                  key.hex() not in self.blob_manager.completed_blob_hashes), None)
                 if blob_hash:
@@ -447,7 +449,7 @@ class DiskSpaceComponent(Component):
 
     async def get_status(self):
         if self.disk_space_manager:
-            space_used = await self.disk_space_manager.get_space_used_mb()
+            space_used = await self.disk_space_manager.get_space_used_mb(cached=True)
             return {
                 'total_used_mb': space_used['total'],
                 'published_blobs_storage_used_mb': space_used['private_storage'],
diff --git a/tests/integration/datanetwork/test_file_commands.py b/tests/integration/datanetwork/test_file_commands.py
index 9443893f7..753b89a74 100644
--- a/tests/integration/datanetwork/test_file_commands.py
+++ b/tests/integration/datanetwork/test_file_commands.py
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ class DiskSpaceManagement(CommandTestCase):
         await self.daemon.storage.update_blob_ownership(sd_hash1, False)
         await self.daemon.storage.update_blob_ownership(sd_hash3, False)
         await self.daemon.storage.update_blob_ownership(sd_hash4, False)
+        await self.blob_clean()  # just to refresh caches, has no effect
 
         self.assertEqual(7, (await self.status())['disk_space']['content_blobs_storage_used_mb'])
         self.assertEqual(10, (await self.status())['disk_space']['total_used_mb'])
@@ -563,6 +564,7 @@ class DiskSpaceManagement(CommandTestCase):
         await self.blob_clean()
 
         self.assertEqual(10, (await self.status())['disk_space']['total_used_mb'])
+        self.assertEqual(7, (await self.status())['disk_space']['content_blobs_storage_used_mb'])
         self.assertEqual(3, (await self.status())['disk_space']['published_blobs_storage_used_mb'])
         self.assertEqual(blobs1 | blobs2 | blobs3 | blobs4, set(await self.blob_list()))