diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f3cbd274614ecb667a8c6c47369968a2b005242d..bb1a0d92669ce137de02d725ee50f8a5198814f5 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6170,7 +6170,8 @@ static struct file *io_file_get(struct io_submit_state *state,
 		file = __io_file_get(state, fd);
 	}
 
-	if (file && file->f_op == &io_uring_fops) {
+	if (file && file->f_op == &io_uring_fops &&
+	    !(req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT)) {
 		io_req_init_async(req);
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_INFLIGHT;