diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
index d8111d64812b..e24893625085 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_SKIP_LINK_CQES_BIT,
 	REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL_BIT,
 	REQ_F_DOUBLE_POLL_BIT,
-	REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO_BIT,
 	REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT_BIT,
 	REQ_F_CLEAR_POLLIN_BIT,
 	REQ_F_HASH_LOCKED_BIT,
@@ -481,6 +480,7 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_CANCEL_SEQ_BIT,
 	REQ_F_CAN_POLL_BIT,
 	REQ_F_BL_EMPTY_BIT,
+	REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE_BIT,
 
 	/* not a real bit, just to check we're not overflowing the space */
 	__REQ_F_LAST_BIT,
@@ -543,8 +543,6 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL_BIT),
 	/* double poll may active */
 	REQ_F_DOUBLE_POLL	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_DOUBLE_POLL_BIT),
-	/* request has already done partial IO */
-	REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO_BIT),
 	/* fast poll multishot mode */
 	REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT_BIT),
 	/* recvmsg special flag, clear EPOLLIN */
@@ -559,6 +557,8 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_CAN_POLL		= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_CAN_POLL_BIT),
 	/* buffer list was empty after selection of buffer */
 	REQ_F_BL_EMPTY		= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_BL_EMPTY_BIT),
+	/* don't recycle provided buffers for this request */
+	REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE_BIT),
 };
 
 typedef void (*io_req_tw_func_t)(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_tw_state *ts);
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index 3d257ed9031b..9be42bff936b 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ bool io_kbuf_recycle_legacy(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 	struct io_buffer_list *bl;
 	struct io_buffer *buf;
 
-	/*
-	 * For legacy provided buffer mode, don't recycle if we already did
-	 * IO to this buffer. For ring-mapped provided buffer mode, we should
-	 * increment ring->head to explicitly monopolize the buffer to avoid
-	 * multiple use.
-	 */
-	if (req->flags & REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO)
-		return false;
-
 	io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, issue_flags);
 
 	buf = req->kbuf;
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index f74c910b83f4..5218bfd79e87 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -73,21 +73,9 @@ static inline bool io_kbuf_recycle_ring(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	 * to monopolize the buffer.
 	 */
 	if (req->buf_list) {
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO) {
-			/*
-			 * If we end up here, then the io_uring_lock has
-			 * been kept held since we retrieved the buffer.
-			 * For the io-wq case, we already cleared
-			 * req->buf_list when the buffer was retrieved,
-			 * hence it cannot be set here for that case.
-			 */
-			req->buf_list->head++;
-			req->buf_list = NULL;
-		} else {
-			req->buf_index = req->buf_list->bgid;
-			req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFER_RING;
-			return true;
-		}
+		req->buf_index = req->buf_list->bgid;
+		req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFER_RING;
+		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
 }
@@ -101,6 +89,8 @@ static inline bool io_do_buffer_select(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 static inline bool io_kbuf_recycle(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 {
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE)
+		return false;
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED)
 		return io_kbuf_recycle_legacy(req, issue_flags);
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFER_RING)
diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index eacbe9295a7f..f8495f6a0bda 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int io_sendmsg(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 			kmsg->msg.msg_controllen = 0;
 			kmsg->msg.msg_control = NULL;
 			sr->done_io += ret;
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return io_setup_async_msg(req, kmsg, issue_flags);
 		}
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ int io_send(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 			sr->len -= ret;
 			sr->buf += ret;
 			sr->done_io += ret;
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return io_setup_async_addr(req, &__address, issue_flags);
 		}
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ int io_recvmsg(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		}
 		if (ret > 0 && io_net_retry(sock, flags)) {
 			sr->done_io += ret;
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return io_setup_async_msg(req, kmsg, issue_flags);
 		}
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ int io_recv(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 			sr->len -= ret;
 			sr->buf += ret;
 			sr->done_io += ret;
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ int io_send_zc(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 			zc->len -= ret;
 			zc->buf += ret;
 			zc->done_io += ret;
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return io_setup_async_addr(req, &__address, issue_flags);
 		}
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ int io_sendmsg_zc(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 		if (ret > 0 && io_net_retry(sock, flags)) {
 			sr->done_io += ret;
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return io_setup_async_msg(req, kmsg, issue_flags);
 		}
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 7733449271f2..5651a5ad4e11 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static bool __io_complete_rw_common(struct io_kiocb *req, long res)
 			 * current cycle.
 			 */
 			io_req_io_end(req);
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_REISSUE | REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_REISSUE | REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return true;
 		}
 		req_set_fail(req);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void io_complete_rw_iopoll(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res)
 		io_req_end_write(req);
 	if (unlikely(res != req->cqe.res)) {
 		if (res == -EAGAIN && io_rw_should_reissue(req)) {
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_REISSUE | REQ_F_PARTIAL_IO;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_REISSUE | REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
 			return;
 		}
 		req->cqe.res = res;
