diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 99a2a16cf90164..5ecb68f4a7f3d3 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3101,10 +3101,8 @@ static int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 			goto done;
 		/* some cases will consume bytes even on error returns */
 		iov_iter_revert(iter, iov_count - iov_iter_count(iter));
-		ret = io_setup_async_rw(req, iovec, inline_vecs, iter, false);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out_free;
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		ret = 0;
+		goto copy_iov;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
 		goto out_free;
 	}