diff --git a/fs/netfs/io.c b/fs/netfs/io.c
index 5367caf3fa286..4da0a494e860f 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/io.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/io.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ static bool netfs_rreq_perform_resubmissions(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
 			netfs_reset_subreq_iter(rreq, subreq);
 			netfs_read_from_server(rreq, subreq);
 		} else if (test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_SHORT_IO, &subreq->flags)) {
+			netfs_reset_subreq_iter(rreq, subreq);
 			netfs_rreq_short_read(rreq, subreq);
 		}
 	}