diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 2e0105c373ae0a284315bb5a79886d8f0bff22ac..22d1fb9cc80f33ed12bccf37bacae141eee759c5 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6466,12 +6466,11 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr)
 				submitted = -EAGAIN;
 			break;
 		}
-
-		err = io_init_req(ctx, req, sqe, &state);
 		io_consume_sqe(ctx);
 		/* will complete beyond this point, count as submitted */
 		submitted++;
 
+		err = io_init_req(ctx, req, sqe, &state);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
 fail_req:
 			io_put_req(req);