diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 68050b61ad0e879c827b334b6a9bbea2a277f1b4..c06082bb039ac890e9fd84b095b6f5a62700fff1 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ static void io_kill_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	if (ret != -1) {
 		atomic_inc(&req->ctx->cq_timeouts);
 		list_del_init(&req->list);
+		req->flags |= REQ_F_COMP_LOCKED;
 		io_cqring_fill_event(req, 0);
 		io_put_req(req);
 	}