diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index a459c126e554ed1960c1d322eae0a0f5d5f411d5..9bd53b4cde560775da8e053d73882d4de0249b48 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2699,9 +2699,6 @@ static int io_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = io_timeout_setup(req);
-	/* common setup allows flags (like links) set, we don't */
-	if (!ret && sqe->flags)
-		ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;