Mancienne had been expected to remain on loan with Wolves until the end of this month but Chelsea held back on completing the relevant paperwork and have now recalled the England Under 21 centre-back.
Mancienne is expected to go straight into the Chelsea squad for their FA Cup 3rd Round tie against Southend this weekend and it remains to be seen whether he will return to The Molineux.
"We'll have to wait and see what happens now," manager Mick McCarthy has saoid.