diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 6160913f085ab17007a968241a9deb122eff624b..28371e53d117e5085cd0674222c47c026d2e8672 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -580,7 +580,9 @@ static inline bool io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req,
 		switch (req->sqe->opcode) {
 		case IORING_OP_WRITEV:
 		case IORING_OP_WRITE_FIXED:
-			do_hashed = true;
+			/* only regular files should be hashed for writes */
+			if (req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG)
+				do_hashed = true;
 			/* fall-through */
 		case IORING_OP_READV:
 		case IORING_OP_READ_FIXED: