diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 188923c38bfc..a3a3c80e2faa 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7785,8 +7785,8 @@ static void io_submit_state_end(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct io_submit_state *state = &ctx->submit_state;
 
-	if (state->link.head)
-		io_queue_sqe(state->link.head);
+	if (unlikely(state->link.head))
+		io_queue_sqe_fallback(state->link.head);
 	/* flush only after queuing links as they can generate completions */
 	io_submit_flush_completions(ctx);
 	if (state->plug_started)