diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 5a0fd6bcd3180a9b5ec470187522c765d676d10d..c4d2b320cdd4e34250968d56a288239dd634d5ba 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1279,8 +1279,17 @@ static void io_prep_async_link(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_kiocb *cur;
 
-	io_for_each_link(cur, req)
-		io_prep_async_work(cur);
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_LINK_TIMEOUT) {
+		struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
+
+		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
+		io_for_each_link(cur, req)
+			io_prep_async_work(cur);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
+	} else {
+		io_for_each_link(cur, req)
+			io_prep_async_work(cur);
+	}
 }
 
 static void io_queue_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req)