diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 17ac1b785440..909fb7aea638 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -905,7 +905,8 @@ struct io_uring_buf_reg {
 	__u32	ring_entries;
 	__u16	bgid;
 	__u16	flags;
-	__u64	resv[3];
+	__u32	min_left;
+	__u32	resv[5];
 };
 
 /* argument for IORING_REGISTER_PBUF_STATUS */
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index 43e4f8615fe8..63061aa1cab9 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static bool io_kbuf_inc_commit(struct io_buffer_list *bl, int len)
 		this_len = min_t(u32, len, buf_len);
 		buf_len -= this_len;
 		/* Stop looping for invalid buffer length of 0 */
-		if (buf_len || !this_len) {
+		if (buf_len > bl->min_left_sub_one || !this_len) {
 			WRITE_ONCE(buf->addr, READ_ONCE(buf->addr) + this_len);
 			WRITE_ONCE(buf->len, buf_len);
 			return false;
@@ -637,6 +637,10 @@ int io_register_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	if (reg.ring_entries >= 65536)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* minimum left byte count is a property of incremental buffers */
+	if (!(reg.flags & IOU_PBUF_RING_INC) && reg.min_left)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	bl = io_buffer_get_list(ctx, reg.bgid);
 	if (bl) {
 		/* if mapped buffer ring OR classic exists, don't allow */
@@ -683,6 +687,8 @@ int io_register_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	bl->mask = reg.ring_entries - 1;
 	bl->flags |= IOBL_BUF_RING;
 	bl->buf_ring = br;
+	if (reg.min_left)
+		bl->min_left_sub_one = reg.min_left - 1;
 	if (reg.flags & IOU_PBUF_RING_INC)
 		bl->flags |= IOBL_INC;
 	ret = io_buffer_add_list(ctx, bl, reg.bgid);
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index abf7052b556e..401773e1ef80 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ struct io_buffer_list {
 
 	__u16 flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * minimum required amount to be left to reuse an incrementally
+	 * consumed buffer. If less than this is left at consumption time,
+	 * buffer is done and head is incremented to the next buffer.
+	 */
+	__u32 min_left_sub_one;
+
 	struct io_mapped_region region;
 };