diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index dab09f568294..c99a7a0c3f21 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,11 @@ static int __io_run_local_work(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_tw_state *ts)
 	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_TASKRUN_FLAG)
 		atomic_andnot(IORING_SQ_TASKRUN, &ctx->rings->sq_flags);
 again:
-	node = io_llist_xchg(&ctx->work_llist, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * llists are in reverse order, flip it back the right way before
+	 * running the pending items.
+	 */
+	node = llist_reverse_order(io_llist_xchg(&ctx->work_llist, NULL));
 	while (node) {
 		struct llist_node *next = node->next;
 		struct io_kiocb *req = container_of(node, struct io_kiocb,