diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 6d8c2dcbfa0811394abc056acea7f9e100f44836..bc7028d9e6f9248248d7fac3fcc1ec00c6b078da 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ static void io_req_map_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct iovec *iovec,
 	struct io_async_rw *rw = &req->io->rw;
 
 	memcpy(&rw->iter, iter, sizeof(*iter));
-	rw->free_iovec = NULL;
+	rw->free_iovec = iovec;
 	rw->bytes_done = 0;
 	/* can only be fixed buffers, no need to do anything */
 	if (iter->type == ITER_BVEC)
@@ -3027,7 +3027,6 @@ static void io_req_map_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct iovec *iovec,
 			memcpy(rw->fast_iov + iov_off, fast_iov + iov_off,
 			       sizeof(struct iovec) * iter->nr_segs);
 	} else {
-		rw->free_iovec = iovec;
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP;
 	}
 }