diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 6af921940622..60a4cd4d1137 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1790,6 +1790,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_io_getevents(aio_context_t ctx_id,
 		put_ioctx(ioctx);
 	}
 
+	asmlinkage_protect(5, ret, ctx_id, min_nr, nr, events, timeout);
 	return ret;
 }