diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 4c6e442a5edf2d2e950a26b44ea356e3b5065c07..4ace89ae483211663749bbdb97f87b841a1dec20 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static const struct io_op_def io_op_defs[] = {
 		.needs_file		= 1,
 		.hash_reg_file		= 1,
 		.unbound_nonreg_file	= 1,
-		.work_flags		= IO_WQ_WORK_BLKCG,
+		.work_flags		= IO_WQ_WORK_BLKCG | IO_WQ_WORK_FILES,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS] = {},
 	[IORING_OP_REMOVE_BUFFERS] = {},