diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/iouringfs/iouringfs.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/iouringfs/iouringfs.go
index e294a33c7..df9108e23 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/iouringfs/iouringfs.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/iouringfs/iouringfs.go
@@ -500,10 +500,6 @@ func (fd *FileDescription) handleReadv(t *kernel.Task, sqe *linux.IOUringSqe, fl
 	if sqe.IoPrio != 0 {
 		return 0, linuxerr.EINVAL
 	}
-	// buf_index should not be set for the READV operation.
-	if sqe.BufIndexOrGroup != 0 {
-		return 0, linuxerr.EINVAL
-	}
 
 	// AddressSpaceActive is set to true as we are doing this from the task goroutine.And this is a
 	// case as we currently don't support neither IOPOLL nor SQPOLL modes.
diff --git a/test/syscalls/linux/io_uring.cc b/test/syscalls/linux/io_uring.cc
index b793e7df4..970626c98 100644
--- a/test/syscalls/linux/io_uring.cc
+++ b/test/syscalls/linux/io_uring.cc
@@ -1145,12 +1145,10 @@ class IOUringSqeFieldsTest : public ::testing::Test,
 };
 
 // Testing that io_uring_enter(2) successfully handles single READV operation
-// and returns EINVAL error in the CQE when either ioprio or buf_index is set.
-TEST_P(IOUringSqeFieldsTest, READVWithInvalidSqeFieldValue) {
+// and returns EINVAL error in the CQE when ioprio is set.
+TEST(IOUringTest, READVWithInvalidSqeFieldValue) {
   SKIP_IF(!IOUringAvailable());
 
-  const SqeFieldsUT p = GetParam();
-
   IOUringParams params = {};
   std::unique_ptr<IOUring> io_uring =
       ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(IOUring::InitIOUring(1, params));
@@ -1191,8 +1189,8 @@ TEST_P(IOUringSqeFieldsTest, READVWithInvalidSqeFieldValue) {
   sqe->len = num_blocks;
   sqe->off = 0;
   sqe->user_data = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&iov);
-  sqe->ioprio = p.ioprio;
-  sqe->buf_index = p.buf_index;
+  sqe->ioprio = 1;
+  sqe->buf_index = 0;
   sq_array[0] = 0;
 
   uint32_t sq_tail = io_uring->load_sq_tail();
@@ -1215,11 +1213,6 @@ TEST_P(IOUringSqeFieldsTest, READVWithInvalidSqeFieldValue) {
   io_uring->store_cq_head(cq_head + 1);
 }
 
-INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
-    IOUringSqeFields, IOUringSqeFieldsTest,
-    ::testing::Values(SqeFieldsUT{.ioprio = 0, .buf_index = 1},
-                      SqeFieldsUT{.ioprio = 1, .buf_index = 0}));
-
 }  // namespace
 
 }  // namespace testing