diff --git a/io_uring/query.c b/io_uring/query.c
index d529d94aa8f4..2e7b893cc8f0 100644
--- a/io_uring/query.c
+++ b/io_uring/query.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static ssize_t io_query_zcrx(union io_query_data *data)
 	e->register_flags = ZCRX_SUPPORTED_REG_FLAGS;
 	e->area_flags = IORING_ZCRX_AREA_DMABUF;
 	e->nr_ctrl_opcodes = __ZCRX_CTRL_LAST;
-	e->rq_hdr_size = sizeof(struct io_uring);
+	e->rq_hdr_size = sizeof(struct zcrx_rq_hdr);
 	e->rq_hdr_alignment = L1_CACHE_BYTES;
 	e->features = ZCRX_FEATURES;
 	e->__resv2 = 0;
diff --git a/io_uring/zcrx.c b/io_uring/zcrx.c
index 19a432df0ebe..c81d52b29f30 100644
--- a/io_uring/zcrx.c
+++ b/io_uring/zcrx.c
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ static void io_zcrx_get_niov_uref(struct net_iov *niov)
 
 static void io_fill_zcrx_offsets(struct io_uring_zcrx_offsets *offsets)
 {
-	offsets->head = offsetof(struct io_uring, head);
-	offsets->tail = offsetof(struct io_uring, tail);
-	offsets->rqes = ALIGN(sizeof(struct io_uring), L1_CACHE_BYTES);
+	offsets->head = offsetof(struct zcrx_rq_hdr, head);
+	offsets->tail = offsetof(struct zcrx_rq_hdr, tail);
+	offsets->rqes = ALIGN(sizeof(struct zcrx_rq_hdr), L1_CACHE_BYTES);
 }
 
 static int io_allocate_rbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static int io_allocate_rbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 		return ret;
 
 	ptr = io_region_get_ptr(&ifq->rq_region);
-	ifq->rq.ring = (struct io_uring *)ptr;
+	ifq->rq.ring = (struct zcrx_rq_hdr *)ptr;
 	ifq->rq.rqes = (struct io_uring_zcrx_rqe *)(ptr + off);
 
 	memset(ifq->rq.ring, 0, sizeof(*ifq->rq.ring));
diff --git a/io_uring/zcrx.h b/io_uring/zcrx.h
index fa00900e479e..3cdfa4415d62 100644
--- a/io_uring/zcrx.h
+++ b/io_uring/zcrx.h
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ struct io_zcrx_area {
 	struct io_zcrx_mem	mem;
 };
 
+struct zcrx_rq_hdr {
+	u32		head ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+	u32		tail ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+};
+
 struct zcrx_rq {
 	spinlock_t			lock;
-	struct io_uring			*ring;
+	struct zcrx_rq_hdr		*ring;
 	struct io_uring_zcrx_rqe	*rqes;
 	u32				cached_head;
 	u32				nr_entries;