diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index aeef02b0cf128ac8103454919645c05c5a7e7ad4..8fffcf4eefb160a96813d35f5094f90378a3a153 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6237,8 +6237,10 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_comp_state *cs)
 	if (nxt) {
 		req = nxt;
 
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FORCE_ASYNC)
+		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FORCE_ASYNC) {
+			linked_timeout = NULL;
 			goto punt;
+		}
 		goto again;
 	}
 exit: