diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 4f0e8b2e4b1862309a7be06ebf47a9d95c44d890..ebcf25a68395537f28de5541a959c381e3a015b0 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2412,6 +2412,7 @@ static int io_queue_link_head(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED) {
 			io_free_req(req);
+			__io_free_req(shadow);
 			io_cqring_add_event(ctx, s->sqe->user_data, ret);
 			return 0;
 		}