diff --git a/tools/io_uring/Makefile b/tools/io_uring/Makefile
index f79522fc37b511b9347a09e556c6b743b758c57a..00f146c54c539a8f450ffc6234d7bb21a9b2eb65 100644
--- a/tools/io_uring/Makefile
+++ b/tools/io_uring/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: io_uring-cp io_uring-bench
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 io_uring-bench: syscall.o io_uring-bench.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ $^
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
 
 io_uring-cp: setup.o syscall.o queue.o