diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 2626424f5d73..1aaab21e1574 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1137,9 +1137,10 @@ static inline void io_req_local_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req,
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(IO_CQ_WAKE_FORCE <= IORING_MAX_CQ_ENTRIES);
 
 	/*
-	 * We don't know how many reuqests is there in the link and whether
-	 * they can even be queued lazily, fall back to non-lazy.
+	 * We don't know how many requests are in the link and whether they can
+	 * even be queued lazily, fall back to non-lazy.
 	 */
+	req->nr_tw = 0;
 	if (req->flags & (REQ_F_LINK | REQ_F_HARDLINK))
 		flags &= ~IOU_F_TWQ_LAZY_WAKE;