diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 155f3d830ddb..c04b20bf2803 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@ static inline void io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req,
 			req->work.flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND;
 	}
 
+	io_req_init_async(req);
 	io_req_work_grab_env(req, def);
 
 	*link = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);