diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 6d7a1b69712bd9..a16b7df934d149 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ static void io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG) {
 		if (def->hash_reg_file || (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 			io_wq_hash_work(&req->work, file_inode(req->file));
-	} else {
+	} else if (!req->file || !S_ISBLK(file_inode(req->file)->i_mode)) {
 		if (def->unbound_nonreg_file)
 			req->work.flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND;
 	}