diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f0f4b5b5c2a0..ca9be31b76b3 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1852,7 +1852,6 @@ static void __io_fail_links(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		io_cqring_fill_event(link, -ECANCELED);
 		link->flags |= REQ_F_COMP_LOCKED;
 		__io_double_put_req(link);
-		req->flags &= ~REQ_F_LINK_TIMEOUT;
 	}
 
 	io_commit_cqring(ctx);