diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index c9641b6ccc8f..abf44f5dba26 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ static int io_ring_buffers_peek(struct io_kiocb *req, struct buf_sel_arg *arg,
 
 		arg->out_len += len;
 		arg->max_len -= len;
-		if (!arg->max_len)
+		if (!arg->max_len) {
+			head++;
 			break;
+		}
 
 		buf = io_ring_head_to_buf(br, ++head, bl->mask);
 	} while (--nr_iovs);