diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 541c109a9273..957a5bc1b528 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1306,15 +1306,19 @@ static int io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, long min)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-inline void io_req_task_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked)
+
+void io_req_task_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked)
 {
-	if (*locked) {
-		req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, 0);
-		io_req_add_compl_list(req);
-	} else {
-		req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED);
-		io_req_complete_post(req);
+	if (req->flags & (REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED|REQ_F_BUFFER_RING)) {
+		unsigned issue_flags = *locked ? 0 : IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED;
+
+		req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags);
 	}
+
+	if (*locked)
+		io_req_add_compl_list(req);
+	else
+		io_req_complete_post(req);
 }
 
 /*