diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index fd1cc35a1c00..722624b6d0dc 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1499,14 +1499,14 @@ void io_free_batch_list(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_wq_work_node *node)
 static void __io_submit_flush_completions(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	__must_hold(&ctx->uring_lock)
 {
-	struct io_wq_work_node *node, *prev;
 	struct io_submit_state *state = &ctx->submit_state;
+	struct io_wq_work_node *node;
 
 	__io_cq_lock(ctx);
 	/* must come first to preserve CQE ordering in failure cases */
 	if (state->cqes_count)
 		__io_flush_post_cqes(ctx);
-	wq_list_for_each(node, prev, &state->compl_reqs) {
+	__wq_list_for_each(node, &state->compl_reqs) {
 		struct io_kiocb *req = container_of(node, struct io_kiocb,
 					    comp_list);
 
diff --git a/io_uring/slist.h b/io_uring/slist.h
index 7c198a40d5f1..0eb194817242 100644
--- a/io_uring/slist.h
+++ b/io_uring/slist.h
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/io_uring_types.h>
 
+#define __wq_list_for_each(pos, head)				\
+	for (pos = (head)->first; pos; pos = (pos)->next)
+
 #define wq_list_for_each(pos, prv, head)			\
 	for (pos = (head)->first, prv = NULL; pos; prv = pos, pos = (pos)->next)
 
@@ -113,4 +116,4 @@ static inline struct io_wq_work *wq_next_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 	return container_of(work->list.next, struct io_wq_work, list);
 }
 
-#endif // INTERNAL_IO_SLIST_H
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // INTERNAL_IO_SLIST_H