diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 92ac50f139cde8..e3ae26ff5d1aed 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3783,6 +3783,7 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode)
 		if (!(kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) || !file->f_op->iopoll)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+		kiocb->private = NULL;
 		kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI | IOCB_ALLOC_CACHE;
 		kiocb->ki_complete = io_complete_rw_iopoll;
 		req->iopoll_completed = 0;