diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 2caef6417260..14297add8485 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3303,6 +3303,7 @@ static ssize_t loop_rw_iter(int rw, struct io_kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	struct kiocb *kiocb = &req->rw.kiocb;
 	struct file *file = req->file;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	loff_t *ppos;
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't support polled IO through this interface, and we can't
@@ -3314,6 +3315,8 @@ static ssize_t loop_rw_iter(int rw, struct io_kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
+	ppos = io_kiocb_ppos(kiocb);
+
 	while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
 		struct iovec iovec;
 		ssize_t nr;
@@ -3327,10 +3330,10 @@ static ssize_t loop_rw_iter(int rw, struct io_kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 
 		if (rw == READ) {
 			nr = file->f_op->read(file, iovec.iov_base,
-					      iovec.iov_len, io_kiocb_ppos(kiocb));
+					      iovec.iov_len, ppos);
 		} else {
 			nr = file->f_op->write(file, iovec.iov_base,
-					       iovec.iov_len, io_kiocb_ppos(kiocb));
+					       iovec.iov_len, ppos);
 		}
 
 		if (nr < 0) {