diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index b4bc377dda61..9b32b3c811f5 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ next:
 		worker->cur_work = work;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
 
+		if (work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CB)
+			work->func(&work);
+
 		if ((work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_NEEDS_FILES) &&
 		    current->files != work->files) {
 			task_lock(current);
diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index 4b29f922f80c..b68b11bf3633 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ enum {
 	IO_WQ_WORK_NEEDS_FILES	= 16,
 	IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND	= 32,
 	IO_WQ_WORK_INTERNAL	= 64,
+	IO_WQ_WORK_CB		= 128,
 
 	IO_WQ_HASH_SHIFT	= 24,	/* upper 8 bits are used for hash key */
 };
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ enum io_wq_cancel {
 };
 
 struct io_wq_work {
-	struct list_head list;
+	union {
+		struct list_head list;
+		void *data;
+	};
 	void (*func)(struct io_wq_work **);
 	unsigned flags;
 	struct files_struct *files;
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index e9980c584120..27fefb52910c 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2679,6 +2679,15 @@ static int __io_submit_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void io_link_work_cb(struct io_wq_work **workptr)
+{
+	struct io_wq_work *work = *workptr;
+	struct io_kiocb *link = work->data;
+
+	io_queue_linked_timeout(link);
+	work->func = io_wq_submit_work;
+}
+
 static void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work **workptr)
 {
 	struct io_wq_work *work = *workptr;
@@ -2725,8 +2734,11 @@ static void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work **workptr)
 
 		io_prep_async_work(nxt, &link);
 		*workptr = &nxt->work;
-		if (link)
-			io_queue_linked_timeout(link);
+		if (link) {
+			nxt->work.flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CB;
+			nxt->work.func = io_link_work_cb;
+			nxt->work.data = link;
+		}
 	}
 }