diff --git a/io_uring/msg_ring.c b/io_uring/msg_ring.c
index 615c85e164ab..c7d6586164ca 100644
--- a/io_uring/msg_ring.c
+++ b/io_uring/msg_ring.c
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ int io_msg_ring(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	}
 
 done:
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	if (ret < 0)
 		req_set_fail(req);
 	io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);