diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 15de14d4331b0..a90844bf9b9c8 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@ static inline void io_req_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res)
 static void io_req_complete_failed(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res)
 {
 	req_set_fail(req);
-	io_req_complete_post(req, res, 0);
+	io_req_complete_post(req, res, io_put_kbuf(req, 0));
 }
 
 static void io_req_complete_fail_submit(struct io_kiocb *req)