diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux/IoUring.zig b/lib/std/os/linux/IoUring.zig
index e5e76b07fe39..78ff34aadfac 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux/IoUring.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux/IoUring.zig
@@ -3503,10 +3503,6 @@ test "accept multishot" {
 }
 
 test "accept/connect/send_zc/recv" {
-    if (true) {
-        // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/20212
-        return error.SkipZigTest;
-    }
     try skipKernelLessThan(.{ .major = 6, .minor = 0, .patch = 0 });
 
     var ring = IoUring.init(16, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
@@ -3528,25 +3524,28 @@ test "accept/connect/send_zc/recv" {
     _ = try ring.recv(0xffffffff, socket_test_harness.server, .{ .buffer = buffer_recv[0..] }, 0);
     try testing.expectEqual(@as(u32, 2), try ring.submit());
 
+    var cqe_send, const cqe_recv = brk: {
+        const cqe1 = try ring.copy_cqe();
+        const cqe2 = try ring.copy_cqe();
+        break :brk if (cqe1.user_data == 0xeeeeeeee) .{ cqe1, cqe2 } else .{ cqe2, cqe1 };
+    };
+
     // First completion of zero-copy send.
     // IORING_CQE_F_MORE, means that there
     // will be a second completion event / notification for the
     // request, with the user_data field set to the same value.
     // buffer_send must be keep alive until second cqe.
-    var cqe_send = try ring.copy_cqe();
     try testing.expectEqual(linux.io_uring_cqe{
         .user_data = 0xeeeeeeee,
         .res = buffer_send.len,
         .flags = linux.IORING_CQE_F_MORE,
     }, cqe_send);
 
-    const cqe_recv = try ring.copy_cqe();
     try testing.expectEqual(linux.io_uring_cqe{
         .user_data = 0xffffffff,
         .res = buffer_recv.len,
         .flags = cqe_recv.flags & linux.IORING_CQE_F_SOCK_NONEMPTY,
     }, cqe_recv);
-
     try testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, buffer_send[0..buffer_recv.len], buffer_recv[0..]);
 
     // Second completion of zero-copy send.