{
        struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
        struct io_cache_entry *entry;
+       struct io_async_msghdr *hdr;
 
        if (!(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED) &&
            (entry = io_alloc_cache_get(&ctx->netmsg_cache)) != NULL) {
-               struct io_async_msghdr *hdr;
-
                hdr = container_of(entry, struct io_async_msghdr, cache);
+               hdr->free_iov = NULL;
                req->flags |= REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA;
                req->async_data = hdr;
                return hdr;
        }
 
-       if (!io_alloc_async_data(req))
-               return req->async_data;
-
+       if (!io_alloc_async_data(req)) {
+               hdr = req->async_data;
+               hdr->free_iov = NULL;
+               return hdr;
+       }
        return NULL;
 }
 
        io = io_msg_alloc_async_prep(req);
        if (!io)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       io->free_iov = NULL;
        ret = move_addr_to_kernel(zc->addr, zc->addr_len, &io->addr);
        return ret;
 }
        io = io_msg_alloc_async(req, issue_flags);
        if (!io)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       io->free_iov = NULL;
        memcpy(&io->addr, addr_storage, sizeof(io->addr));
        return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
                if (msg.msg_iovlen == 0) {
                        sr->len = 0;
-                       iomsg->free_iov = NULL;
                } else if (msg.msg_iovlen > 1) {
                        return -EINVAL;
                } else {
                        if (clen < 0)
                                return -EINVAL;
                        sr->len = clen;
-                       iomsg->free_iov = NULL;
                }
 
                if (req->flags & REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT) {
 
        if (req_has_async_data(req)) {
                io = req->async_data;
-               kfree(io->free_iov);
+               /* might be ->fast_iov if *msg_copy_hdr failed */
+               if (io->free_iov != io->fast_iov)
+                       kfree(io->free_iov);
        }
        if (zc->notif) {
                zc->notif->flags |= REQ_F_CQE_SKIP;