diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index e88fd9b58f3f1..e24eb82b2b585 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@ void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *iocb, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel)
 	struct kioctx *ctx = req->ki_ctx;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * kiocb didn't come from aio or is neither a read nor a write, hence
+	 * ignore it.
+	 */
+	if (!(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_AIO_RW))
+		return;
+
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&req->ki_list)))
 		return;
 
@@ -1453,7 +1460,7 @@ static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb)
 	req->ki_complete = aio_complete_rw;
 	req->private = NULL;
 	req->ki_pos = iocb->aio_offset;
-	req->ki_flags = iocb_flags(req->ki_filp);
+	req->ki_flags = iocb_flags(req->ki_filp) | IOCB_AIO_RW;
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD)
 		req->ki_flags |= IOCB_EVENTFD;
 	req->ki_hint = ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(req->ki_filp));
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6f287fac0ecee..f32723d937fb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ enum rw_hint {
 #define IOCB_NOIO		(1 << 20)
 /* can use bio alloc cache */
 #define IOCB_ALLOC_CACHE	(1 << 21)
+/* kiocb is a read or write operation submitted by fs/aio.c. */
+#define IOCB_AIO_RW		(1 << 23)
 
 struct kiocb {
 	struct file		*ki_filp;