diff --git a/io_uring/bpf_filter.c b/io_uring/bpf_filter.c
index c0037632b7af..4a21511c4811 100644
--- a/io_uring/bpf_filter.c
+++ b/io_uring/bpf_filter.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ void io_bpf_filter_clone(struct io_restriction *dst, struct io_restriction *src)
 	 * If the src filter is going away, just ignore it.
 	 */
 	if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&src->bpf_filters->refs)) {
+		src->bpf_filters_cow = true;
 		dst->bpf_filters = src->bpf_filters;
 		dst->bpf_filters_cow = true;
 	}