1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 4c6a5e60ddbe..c592a0933b0d 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -855,6 +855,9 @@ static int io_import_fixed(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int rw,
 	iov_iter_bvec(iter, rw, imu->bvec, imu->nr_bvecs, offset + len);
 	if (offset)
 		iov_iter_advance(iter, offset);
+
+	/* don't drop a reference to these pages */
+	iter->type |= ITER_BVEC_FLAG_NO_REF;
 	return 0;
 }