diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 6c22a277904e..00f119bdd8ff 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2703,9 +2703,6 @@ static int io_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = io_timeout_setup(req);
-	/* common setup allows flags (like links) set, we don't */
-	if (!ret && sqe->flags)
-		ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;