diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index be3c3aea6398ed3b2c3c07fd3e04e01821023ff0..48cc6328eb064d524106ef141ec019e494421259 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6734,7 +6734,6 @@ static int io_submit_sqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 fail_req:
 		if (link->head) {
 			/* fail even hard links since we don't submit */
-			req_set_fail(link->head);
 			io_req_complete_failed(link->head, -ECANCELED);
 			link->head = NULL;
 		}