diff --git a/include/ublksrv_priv.h b/include/ublksrv_priv.h
index 47b2b804..d7e6fa9e 100644
--- a/include/ublksrv_priv.h
+++ b/include/ublksrv_priv.h
@@ -215,17 +215,12 @@ static inline int is_target_io(__u64 user_data)
 	return (user_data & (1ULL << 63)) != 0;
 }
 
-/* two helpers for setting up io_uring */
-static inline int ublksrv_setup_ring(struct io_uring *r, int depth,
+static inline void ublksrv_setup_ring_params(struct io_uring_params *p,
 		int cq_depth, unsigned flags)
 {
-	struct io_uring_params p;
-
-	memset(&p, 0, sizeof(p));
-	p.flags = flags | IORING_SETUP_CQSIZE;
-	p.cq_entries = cq_depth;
-
-	return io_uring_queue_init_params(depth, r, &p);
+	memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
+	p->flags = flags | IORING_SETUP_CQSIZE;
+	p->cq_entries = cq_depth;
 }
 
 static inline struct io_uring_sqe *ublksrv_uring_get_sqe(struct io_uring *r,
diff --git a/lib/ublksrv.c b/lib/ublksrv.c
index 216d7698..2b2adc65 100644
--- a/lib/ublksrv.c
+++ b/lib/ublksrv.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static void ublksrv_calculate_depths(const struct _ublksrv_dev *dev, int
 const struct ublksrv_queue *ublksrv_queue_init(const struct ublksrv_dev *tdev,
 		unsigned short q_id, void *queue_data)
 {
+	struct io_uring_params p;
 	struct _ublksrv_dev *dev = tdev_to_local(tdev);
 	struct _ublksrv_queue *q;
 	const struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev *ctrl_dev = dev->ctrl_dev;
@@ -595,8 +596,9 @@ const struct ublksrv_queue *ublksrv_queue_init(const struct ublksrv_dev *tdev,
 		//ublk_assert(io_data_size ^ (unsigned long)q->ios[i].data.private_data);
 	}
 
-	ret = ublksrv_setup_ring(&q->ring, ring_depth, cq_depth,
+	ublksrv_setup_ring_params(&p, cq_depth,
 			IORING_SETUP_SQE128 | IORING_SETUP_COOP_TASKRUN);
+	ret = io_uring_queue_init_params(ring_depth, &q->ring, &p);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ublk_err("ublk dev %d queue %d setup io_uring failed %d",
 				q->dev->ctrl_dev->dev_info.dev_id, q->q_id, ret);
diff --git a/lib/ublksrv_cmd.c b/lib/ublksrv_cmd.c
index c6c81ec7..8a02bd84 100644
--- a/lib/ublksrv_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/ublksrv_cmd.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ void ublksrv_ctrl_deinit(struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev *dev)
 
 struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev *ublksrv_ctrl_init(struct ublksrv_dev_data *data)
 {
+	struct io_uring_params p;
 	struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev *dev = (struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev *)calloc(1,
 			sizeof(*dev));
 	struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev_info *info = &dev->dev_info;
@@ -171,7 +172,8 @@ struct ublksrv_ctrl_dev *ublksrv_ctrl_init(struct ublksrv_dev_data *data)
 	dev->tgt_argv = data->tgt_argv;
 
 	/* 32 is enough to send ctrl commands */
-	ret = ublksrv_setup_ring(&dev->ring, 32, 32, IORING_SETUP_SQE128);
+	ublksrv_setup_ring_params(&p, 32, IORING_SETUP_SQE128);
+	ret = io_uring_queue_init_params(32, &dev->ring, &p);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "queue_init: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
 		free(dev);