diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index a2a7c65a77aa92d09ec4dfd9d1b65535dfaf2b04..908817cea4f54a7bde52b483f4c18c5c728ddc10 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static bool io_identity_cow(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	 */
 	io_init_identity(id);
 	if (creds)
-		req->work.identity->creds = creds;
+		id->creds = creds;
 
 	/* add one for this request */
 	refcount_inc(&id->count);