diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 83ae190a3d31..6f085215be13 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -950,6 +950,17 @@ static inline void io_req_work_drop_env(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline void io_prep_next_work(struct io_kiocb *req,
+				     struct io_kiocb **link)
+{
+	const struct io_op_def *def = &io_op_defs[req->opcode];
+
+	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG) && def->unbound_nonreg_file)
+		req->work.flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND;
+
+	*link = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);
+}
+
 static inline bool io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req,
 				      struct io_kiocb **link)
 {
@@ -2453,7 +2464,7 @@ static void io_wq_assign_next(struct io_wq_work **workptr, struct io_kiocb *nxt)
 {
 	struct io_kiocb *link;
 
-	io_prep_async_work(nxt, &link);
+	io_prep_next_work(nxt, &link);
 	*workptr = &nxt->work;
 	if (link) {
 		nxt->work.flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CB;