@@ -6572,7 +6572,12 @@ static int io_req_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
static int io_req_prep_async(struct io_kiocb *req)
{
- if (!io_op_defs[req->opcode].needs_async_setup)
+ const struct io_op_def *def = &io_op_defs[req->opcode];
+
+ /* assign early for deferred execution for non-fixed file */
+ if (def->needs_file && !(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE))
+ req->file = io_file_get_normal(req, req->fd);
+ if (!def->needs_async_setup)
return 0;
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(req_has_async_data(req)))
return -EFAULT;