diff --git a/io_uring/fs.c b/io_uring/fs.c
index f6a69a549fd4..08e3b175469c 100644
--- a/io_uring/fs.c
+++ b/io_uring/fs.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int io_linkat_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	struct io_link *lnk = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_link);
 	const char __user *oldf, *newf;
 
-	if (sqe->rw_flags || sqe->buf_index || sqe->splice_fd_in)
+	if (sqe->buf_index || sqe->splice_fd_in)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE))
 		return -EBADF;