diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 39a9ff31dbc5..923410937dc7 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4500,6 +4500,8 @@ static int io_msg_ring(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		req_set_fail(req);
 	__io_req_complete(req, issue_flags, ret, 0);
 	return 0;
 }