diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index e4c919112ce8c99eb98c73aba7cdd8dcfebba46c..f0f214d69fd8db4f5f84a4be205aab1e3c6d2460 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4509,6 +4509,7 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	 */
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN && (!(req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT) ||
 	    (req->flags & REQ_F_MUST_PUNT))) {
+punt:
 		if (req->work.flags & IO_WQ_WORK_NEEDS_FILES) {
 			ret = io_grab_files(req);
 			if (ret)
@@ -4544,6 +4545,9 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	if (nxt) {
 		req = nxt;
 		nxt = NULL;
+
+		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FORCE_ASYNC)
+			goto punt;
 		goto again;
 	}
 }