diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index b05c723..2a52abc 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -7016,7 +7016,8 @@ static int io_init_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 
 	if (io_op_defs[req->opcode].needs_file) {
 		req->file = io_file_get(ctx, req, READ_ONCE(sqe->fd),
-					(sqe_flags & IOSQE_FIXED_FILE), 0);
+					(sqe_flags & IOSQE_FIXED_FILE),
+					IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK);
 		if (unlikely(!req->file))
 			ret = -EBADF;
 	}