diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 8227af2e1c0f..436a2e064df6 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static struct iovec *__io_import_iovec(int ddir, struct io_kiocb *req,
 			rw->len = sqe_len;
 		}
 
-		ret = import_single_range(ddir, buf, sqe_len, s->fast_iov, iter);
+		ret = import_ubuf(ddir, buf, sqe_len, iter);
 		if (ret)
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		return NULL;
@@ -450,7 +450,10 @@ static ssize_t loop_rw_iter(int ddir, struct io_rw *rw, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		struct iovec iovec;
 		ssize_t nr;
 
-		if (!iov_iter_is_bvec(iter)) {
+		if (iter_is_ubuf(iter)) {
+			iovec.iov_base = iter->ubuf + iter->iov_offset;
+			iovec.iov_len = iov_iter_count(iter);
+		} else if (!iov_iter_is_bvec(iter)) {
 			iovec = iov_iter_iovec(iter);
 		} else {
 			iovec.iov_base = u64_to_user_ptr(rw->addr);
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ static void io_req_map_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct iovec *iovec,
 	io->free_iovec = iovec;
 	io->bytes_done = 0;
 	/* can only be fixed buffers, no need to do anything */
-	if (iov_iter_is_bvec(iter))
+	if (iov_iter_is_bvec(iter) || iter_is_ubuf(iter))
 		return;
 	if (!iovec) {
 		unsigned iov_off = 0;