diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f86351f4e9a944bce23c8eab5c240948b9597c4f..3f7ff5f91afe6ffaa7689809878be987323cb2fd 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static inline void io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req,
 			req->work.flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND;
 	}
 
+	io_req_init_async(req);
 	io_req_work_grab_env(req, def);
 
 	*link = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);