diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 084dfade5cdaf8c63b976a5aba70527a7c1669f6..516a59db73caba9a97d3557d3f9a7a9cf418da2b 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ static struct file *__io_file_get(struct io_submit_state *state, int fd)
  * any file. For now, just ensure that anything potentially problematic is done
  * inline.
  */
-static bool io_file_supports_async(struct file *file)
+static bool io_file_supports_async(struct file *file, int rw)
 {
 	umode_t mode = file_inode(file)->i_mode;
 
@@ -2047,7 +2047,13 @@ static bool io_file_supports_async(struct file *file)
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) && file->f_op != &io_uring_fops)
 		return true;
 
-	return false;
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_NOWAIT))
+		return false;
+
+	if (rw == READ)
+		return file->f_op->read_iter != NULL;
+
+	return file->f_op->write_iter != NULL;
 }
 
 static int io_prep_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
@@ -2575,7 +2581,7 @@ static int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 	 * If the file doesn't support async, mark it as REQ_F_MUST_PUNT so
 	 * we know to async punt it even if it was opened O_NONBLOCK
 	 */
-	if (force_nonblock && !io_file_supports_async(req->file))
+	if (force_nonblock && !io_file_supports_async(req->file, READ))
 		goto copy_iov;
 
 	iov_count = iov_iter_count(&iter);
@@ -2666,7 +2672,7 @@ static int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 	 * If the file doesn't support async, mark it as REQ_F_MUST_PUNT so
 	 * we know to async punt it even if it was opened O_NONBLOCK
 	 */
-	if (force_nonblock && !io_file_supports_async(req->file))
+	if (force_nonblock && !io_file_supports_async(req->file, WRITE))
 		goto copy_iov;
 
 	/* file path doesn't support NOWAIT for non-direct_IO */
@@ -2760,11 +2766,11 @@ static int io_splice_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool io_splice_punt(struct file *file)
+static bool io_splice_punt(struct file *file, int rw)
 {
 	if (get_pipe_info(file))
 		return false;
-	if (!io_file_supports_async(file))
+	if (!io_file_supports_async(file, rw))
 		return true;
 	return !(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 }
@@ -2779,7 +2785,7 @@ static int io_splice(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 	long ret;
 
 	if (force_nonblock) {
-		if (io_splice_punt(in) || io_splice_punt(out))
+		if (io_splice_punt(in, READ) || io_splice_punt(out, WRITE))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		flags |= SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK;
 	}