diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 3e22f294bdf2..432820f86251 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode, int rw_type)
 		kiocb->private = NULL;
 		kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
 		req->iopoll_completed = 0;
+		req->cqe.flags = 0;
 		if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_HYBRID_IOPOLL) {
 			/* make sure every req only blocks once*/
 			req->flags &= ~REQ_F_IOPOLL_STATE;
@@ -1382,7 +1383,7 @@ int io_do_iopoll(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool force_nonspin)
 		list_del(&req->iopoll_node);
 		wq_list_add_tail(&req->comp_list, &ctx->submit_state.compl_reqs);
 		nr_events++;
-		req->cqe.flags = io_put_kbuf(req, max(req->cqe.res, 0), NULL);
+		req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, max(req->cqe.res, 0), NULL);
 		if (!io_is_uring_cmd(req))
 			io_req_rw_cleanup(req, 0);
 	}