diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 1ccb329927cf0..294a0a76dfab6 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1489,6 +1489,8 @@ static int io_poll_add(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&poll->wait.entry);
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&poll->wait, io_poll_wake);
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->list);
+
 	mask = vfs_poll(poll->file, &ipt.pt) & poll->events;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);