diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 59281a91b30a0642a12830cfd29fb6fab79c5565..2fb71b69cff3cee21e7854bb8893cc8cda4870df 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4454,6 +4454,7 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	 */
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN && (!(req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT) ||
 	    (req->flags & REQ_F_MUST_PUNT))) {
+punt:
 		if (req->work.flags & IO_WQ_WORK_NEEDS_FILES) {
 			ret = io_grab_files(req);
 			if (ret)
@@ -4489,6 +4490,9 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	if (nxt) {
 		req = nxt;
 		nxt = NULL;
+
+		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FORCE_ASYNC)
+			goto punt;
 		goto again;
 	}
 }