diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 86466e12c74d46cd982c33653cf5bd13d87295d1..5b95ab661f3116b1a76d684e3263ff7e4a0c64e6 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -5701,8 +5701,6 @@ static int io_timeout_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
 
 	data->mode = io_translate_timeout_mode(flags);
 	hrtimer_init(&data->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, data->mode);
-	if (is_timeout_link)
-		io_req_track_inflight(req);
 	return 0;
 }