diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index b906ff70c90f809ba1d7a4e6f38019c0df4da4e8..aaaaf4d12c7394fe1bb9836516b7b7fc1eb69105 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1436,6 +1436,7 @@ static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb)
 	if (unlikely(!req->ki_filp))
 		return -EBADF;
 	req->ki_complete = aio_complete_rw;
+	req->private = NULL;
 	req->ki_pos = iocb->aio_offset;
 	req->ki_flags = iocb_flags(req->ki_filp);
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD)