diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 37511d2b2caf..ea92235c5ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -439,16 +439,17 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
 	}
 	atomic_set(&cmd->ref, 2);
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, rw, bvec, nr_bvec, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, rw == WRITE ? ITER_SOURCE : ITER_DEST,
+		      bvec, nr_bvec, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 	iter.iov_offset = offset;
 
+	init_kiocb(&cmd->iocb, file, rw);
 	cmd->iocb.ki_pos = pos;
-	cmd->iocb.ki_filp = file;
 	cmd->iocb.ki_complete = lo_rw_aio_complete;
 	cmd->iocb.ki_flags = IOCB_DIRECT;
 	cmd->iocb.ki_ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE, 0);
 
-	if (rw == ITER_SOURCE)
+	if (rw == WRITE)
 		ret = call_write_iter(file, &cmd->iocb, &iter);
 	else
 		ret = call_read_iter(file, &cmd->iocb, &iter);
@@ -490,12 +491,12 @@ static int do_req_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq)
 		return lo_fallocate(lo, rq, pos, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE);
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE:
 		if (cmd->use_aio)
-			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, ITER_SOURCE);
+			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, WRITE);
 		else
 			return lo_write_simple(lo, rq, pos);
 	case REQ_OP_READ:
 		if (cmd->use_aio)
-			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, ITER_DEST);
+			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, READ);
 		else
 			return lo_read_simple(lo, rq, pos);
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
index 2d068439b129..0b6577d51b69 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
@@ -85,17 +85,18 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_file_submit_bvec(struct nvmet_req *req, loff_t pos,
 		if (req->cmd->rw.control & cpu_to_le16(NVME_RW_FUA))
 			ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
 		call_iter = req->ns->file->f_op->write_iter;
+		init_kiocb(iocb, req->ns->file, WRITE);
 		rw = ITER_SOURCE;
 	} else {
 		call_iter = req->ns->file->f_op->read_iter;
+		init_kiocb(iocb, req->ns->file, READ);
 		rw = ITER_DEST;
 	}
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, rw, req->f.bvec, nr_segs, count);
 
+	iocb->ki_flags |= ki_flags;
 	iocb->ki_pos = pos;
-	iocb->ki_filp = req->ns->file;
-	iocb->ki_flags = ki_flags | iocb->ki_filp->f_iocb_flags;
 
 	return call_iter(iocb, &iter);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index ce0e000b74fc..d70cf89959dc 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ fd_execute_rw_aio(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct scatterlist *sgl, u32 sgl_nents,
 	}
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, is_write, aio_cmd->bvecs, sgl_nents, len);
+	init_kiocb(&aio_cmd->iocb, file, is_write);
 
 	aio_cmd->cmd = cmd;
 	aio_cmd->len = len;
 	aio_cmd->iocb.ki_pos = cmd->t_task_lba * dev->dev_attrib.block_size;
-	aio_cmd->iocb.ki_filp = file;
 	aio_cmd->iocb.ki_complete = cmd_rw_aio_complete;
 	aio_cmd->iocb.ki_flags = IOCB_DIRECT;
 
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 77e33619de40..26e173be9448 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1461,14 +1461,14 @@ static void aio_complete_rw(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res)
 	iocb_put(iocb);
 }
 
-static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb)
+static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb, int rw)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	init_kiocb(req, req->ki_filp, rw);
 	req->ki_complete = aio_complete_rw;
 	req->private = NULL;
 	req->ki_pos = iocb->aio_offset;
-	req->ki_flags = req->ki_filp->f_iocb_flags;
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD)
 		req->ki_flags |= IOCB_EVENTFD;
 	if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_IOPRIO) {
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb);
+	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb, READ);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	file = req->ki_filp;
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static int aio_write(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb);
+	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb, WRITE);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	file = req->ki_filp;
@@ -1592,7 +1592,6 @@ static int aio_write(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 			sb_start_write(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
 			__sb_writers_release(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 		}
-		req->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE;
 		aio_rw_done(req, call_write_iter(file, req, &iter));
 	}
 	kfree(iovec);
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/io.c b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
index 175a25fcade8..2c47788f38d2 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/io.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
@@ -134,11 +134,10 @@ static int cachefiles_read(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres,
 	if (!ki)
 		goto presubmission_error;
 
+	init_kiocb(&ki->iocb, file, READ);
 	refcount_set(&ki->ki_refcnt, 2);
-	ki->iocb.ki_filp	= file;
+	ki->iocb.ki_flags	|= IOCB_DIRECT;
 	ki->iocb.ki_pos		= start_pos + skipped;
-	ki->iocb.ki_flags	= IOCB_DIRECT;
-	ki->iocb.ki_ioprio	= get_current_ioprio();
 	ki->skipped		= skipped;
 	ki->object		= object;
 	ki->inval_counter	= cres->inval_counter;
@@ -306,10 +305,9 @@ int __cachefiles_write(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 	}
 
 	refcount_set(&ki->ki_refcnt, 2);
-	ki->iocb.ki_filp	= file;
+	init_kiocb(&ki->iocb, file, WRITE);
 	ki->iocb.ki_pos		= start_pos;
-	ki->iocb.ki_flags	= IOCB_DIRECT | IOCB_WRITE;
-	ki->iocb.ki_ioprio	= get_current_ioprio();
+	ki->iocb.ki_flags	|= IOCB_DIRECT;
 	ki->object		= object;
 	ki->start		= start_pos;
 	ki->len			= len;
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 1bce2208b65c..1cade1567162 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -655,12 +655,13 @@ static bool need_complete_io(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		S_ISBLK(file_inode(req->file)->i_mode);
 }
 
-static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode)
+static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int io_direction)
 {
 	struct io_rw *rw = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_rw);
 	struct kiocb *kiocb = &rw->kiocb;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 	struct file *file = req->file;
+	fmode_t mode = (io_direction == WRITE) ? FMODE_WRITE : FMODE_READ;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!file || !(file->f_mode & mode)))
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode)
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE))
 		req->flags |= io_file_get_flags(file);
 
-	kiocb->ki_flags = file->f_iocb_flags;
+	init_kiocb(kiocb, file, io_direction);
 	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(kiocb, rw->flags);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
@@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		iov_iter_restore(&s->iter, &s->iter_state);
 		iovec = NULL;
 	}
-	ret = io_rw_init_file(req, FMODE_READ);
+	ret = io_rw_init_file(req, READ);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		kfree(iovec);
 		return ret;
@@ -870,7 +871,7 @@ int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		iov_iter_restore(&s->iter, &s->iter_state);
 		iovec = NULL;
 	}
-	ret = io_rw_init_file(req, FMODE_WRITE);
+	ret = io_rw_init_file(req, WRITE);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		kfree(iovec);
 		return ret;
@@ -914,7 +915,6 @@ int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		__sb_writers_release(file_inode(req->file)->i_sb,
 					SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 	}
-	kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE;
 
 	if (likely(req->file->f_op->write_iter))
 		ret2 = call_write_iter(req->file, kiocb, &s->iter);
