diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 42b45c5..edb00ae 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1867,8 +1867,11 @@ static int io_prep_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_CUR_POS;
 		kiocb->ki_pos = req->file->f_pos;
 	}
-	kiocb->ki_flags = iocb_flags(kiocb->ki_filp);
 	kiocb->ki_hint = ki_hint_validate(file_write_hint(kiocb->ki_filp));
+	kiocb->ki_flags = iocb_flags(kiocb->ki_filp);
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(kiocb, READ_ONCE(sqe->rw_flags));
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		return ret;
 
 	ioprio = READ_ONCE(sqe->ioprio);
 	if (ioprio) {
@@ -1880,10 +1883,6 @@ static int io_prep_rw(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
 	} else
 		kiocb->ki_ioprio = get_current_ioprio();
 
-	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(kiocb, READ_ONCE(sqe->rw_flags));
-	if (unlikely(ret))
-		return ret;
-
 	/* don't allow async punt if RWF_NOWAIT was requested */
 	if ((kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) ||
 	    (req->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))