diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 4be8f9eb71e4..f888b20d0a68 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4803,18 +4803,19 @@ static int io_timeout_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
 {
 	struct io_timeout_data *data;
 	unsigned flags;
+	u32 off = READ_ONCE(sqe->off);
 
 	if (unlikely(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (sqe->ioprio || sqe->buf_index || sqe->len != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (sqe->off && is_timeout_link)
+	if (off && is_timeout_link)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	flags = READ_ONCE(sqe->timeout_flags);
 	if (flags & ~IORING_TIMEOUT_ABS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	req->timeout.count = READ_ONCE(sqe->off);
+	req->timeout.count = off;
 
 	if (!req->io && io_alloc_async_ctx(req))
 		return -ENOMEM;