diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index 298b21f4a4d2902cc7fa26770b89899f93e4962a..d2a5684bf673dc725a63a43ca2da57290b0d9c9c 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ static inline void wq_node_del(struct io_wq_work_list *list,
 } while (0)
 
 struct io_wq_work {
-	union {
-		struct io_wq_work_node list;
-		void *data;
-	};
+	struct io_wq_work_node list;
 	void (*func)(struct io_wq_work **);
 	struct files_struct *files;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 06104340325576f8e556d435595bb3330a5d77af..70d579e0fd737628e5f92546cb270592c15ee717 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1570,9 +1570,10 @@ static void io_free_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 static void io_link_work_cb(struct io_wq_work **workptr)
 {
-	struct io_wq_work *work = *workptr;
-	struct io_kiocb *link = work->data;
+	struct io_kiocb *req = container_of(*workptr, struct io_kiocb, work);
+	struct io_kiocb *link;
 
+	link = list_first_entry(&req->link_list, struct io_kiocb, link_list);
 	io_queue_linked_timeout(link);
 	io_wq_submit_work(workptr);
 }
@@ -1587,10 +1588,8 @@ static void io_wq_assign_next(struct io_wq_work **workptr, struct io_kiocb *nxt)
 
 	*workptr = &nxt->work;
 	link = io_prep_linked_timeout(nxt);
-	if (link) {
+	if (link)
 		nxt->work.func = io_link_work_cb;
-		nxt->work.data = link;
-	}
 }
 
 /*