diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index f52d925ee259..020fa0045e3c 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	/* enforce forwards compatibility on users */
-	if (unlikely(iocb->aio_reserved1 || iocb->aio_reserved2)) {
+	if (unlikely(iocb->aio_reserved2)) {
 		pr_debug("EINVAL: reserve field set\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1586,6 +1586,12 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		req->common.ki_flags |= IOCB_EVENTFD;
 	}
 
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&req->common, iocb->aio_rw_flags);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		pr_debug("EINVAL: aio_rw_flags\n");
+		goto out_put_req;
+	}
+
 	ret = put_user(KIOCB_KEY, &user_iocb->aio_key);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		pr_debug("EFAULT: aio_key\n");
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
index bb2554f7fbd1..a2d4a8ac94ca 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct io_event {
 struct iocb {
 	/* these are internal to the kernel/libc. */
 	__u64	aio_data;	/* data to be returned in event's data */
-	__u32	PADDED(aio_key, aio_reserved1);
+	__u32	PADDED(aio_key, aio_rw_flags);
 				/* the kernel sets aio_key to the req # */
 
 	/* common fields */