diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index 73b606899833..b5486b56ee0c 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void io_uring_cmd_del_cancelable(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
 
 	cmd->flags &= ~IORING_URING_CMD_CANCELABLE;
 	io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, issue_flags);
-	hlist_del(&req->hash_node);
+	hlist_del_init(&req->hash_node);
 	io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, issue_flags);
 }