diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 10070cd867b4..9b58ba4616d4 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static void io_prep_async_link(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	}
 }
 
-void io_queue_iowq(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *dont_use)
+static void io_queue_iowq(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_kiocb *link = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = req->task->io_uring;
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ static void io_queue_async(struct io_kiocb *req, int ret)
 		break;
 	case IO_APOLL_ABORTED:
 		io_kbuf_recycle(req, 0);
-		io_queue_iowq(req, NULL);
+		io_queue_iowq(req);
 		break;
 	case IO_APOLL_OK:
 		break;
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ static void io_queue_sqe_fallback(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		if (unlikely(req->ctx->drain_active))
 			io_drain_req(req);
 		else
-			io_queue_iowq(req, NULL);
+			io_queue_iowq(req);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index 3b87f5421eb6..a1f679b8199e 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static inline bool io_req_ffs_set(struct io_kiocb *req)
 void __io_req_task_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req, bool allow_local);
 bool io_alloc_async_data(struct io_kiocb *req);
 void io_req_task_queue(struct io_kiocb *req);
-void io_queue_iowq(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *dont_use);
 void io_req_task_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked);
 void io_req_task_queue_fail(struct io_kiocb *req, int ret);
 void io_req_task_submit(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked);
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index b32395d872c6..692663bd864f 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@ static inline loff_t *io_kiocb_update_pos(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void io_req_task_queue_reissue(struct io_kiocb *req)
-{
-	req->io_task_work.func = io_queue_iowq;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 static bool io_resubmit_prep(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
@@ -341,7 +335,7 @@ static int kiocb_done(struct io_kiocb *req, ssize_t ret,
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_REISSUE) {
 		req->flags &= ~REQ_F_REISSUE;
 		if (io_resubmit_prep(req))
-			io_req_task_queue_reissue(req);
+			return -EAGAIN;
 		else
 			io_req_task_queue_fail(req, final_ret);
 	}