diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h b/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h
index e6723fa95160..0634a3de1782 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ struct io_uring_cmd {
 
 struct io_uring_cmd_data {
 	void			*op_data;
-	struct io_uring_sqe	sqes[2];
 };
 
 static inline const void *io_uring_sqe_cmd(const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index f2cfc371f3d0..89cee2af0ec1 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ static int io_uring_cmd_prep_setup(struct io_kiocb *req,
 	 * that it doesn't read in per-op data, play it safe and ensure that
 	 * any SQE data is stable beyond prep. This can later get relaxed.
 	 */
-	memcpy(ac->data.sqes, sqe, uring_sqe_size(req->ctx));
-	ioucmd->sqe = ac->data.sqes;
+	memcpy(ac->sqes, sqe, uring_sqe_size(req->ctx));
+	ioucmd->sqe = ac->sqes;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.h b/io_uring/uring_cmd.h
index 14e525255854..b04686b6b5d2 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.h
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 struct io_async_cmd {
 	struct io_uring_cmd_data	data;
 	struct iou_vec			vec;
+	struct io_uring_sqe		sqes[2];
 };
 
 int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags);