diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 59c92a4616b8..ed14322aadb9 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
+		req->cqe.res = iov_iter_count(&s->iter);
 		/*
 		 * Now retry read with the IOCB_WAITQ parts set in the iocb. If
 		 * we get -EIOCBQUEUED, then we'll get a notification when the