diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index 4521e4dcb8b5307453a5246af97e40b691ea88b6..7d2fe718f78e6a54ea9960713e991a77bc864594 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static inline void wq_node_del(struct io_wq_work_list *list,
 		list->last = prev;
 	if (prev)
 		prev->next = node->next;
+	node->next = NULL;
 }
 
 #define wq_list_for_each(pos, prv, head)			\