diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index f9be9b7eb654f38f150937deac3ad13e283f7587..b9640ad5069f3127bfbd9961c56a96147d9f2ad7 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ static void io_queue_async(struct io_kiocb *req, int ret)
 
 	switch (io_arm_poll_handler(req, 0)) {
 	case IO_APOLL_READY:
+		io_kbuf_recycle(req, 0);
 		io_req_task_queue(req);
 		break;
 	case IO_APOLL_ABORTED: