diff --git a/io/aio-wrapper.cpp b/io/aio-wrapper.cpp
index 29654095..bd638921 100644
--- a/io/aio-wrapper.cpp
+++ b/io/aio-wrapper.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ namespace photon
             if (!libaio_ctx)
                 return 0;
             LOG_INFO("reset libaio by reset handle");
-            auto iodepth = libaio_ctx->iodepth;
             close(libaio_ctx->evfd);
             libaio_ctx->evfd = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
             if (libaio_ctx->evfd < 0) {
@@ -356,8 +355,7 @@ namespace photon
             }
             io_destroy(libaio_ctx->aio_ctx);
             libaio_ctx->aio_ctx = {0};
-            int ret = io_setup(iodepth < IODEPTH_MAX ? iodepth : IODEPTH_MAX,
-                               &libaio_ctx->aio_ctx);
+            int ret = io_setup(libaio_ctx->iodepth, &libaio_ctx->aio_ctx);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 LOG_ERROR("failed to create aio context by io_setup() ", ERRNO(), VALUE(ret));
                 exit(-1);
@@ -375,11 +373,11 @@ namespace photon
 
         std::unique_ptr<libaio_ctx_t> ctx(new libaio_ctx_t);
         ctx->evfd = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
+        libaio_ctx->iodepth = iodepth > IODEPTH_MAX ? IODEPTH_MAX : iodepth;
         if (ctx->evfd < 0)
             LOG_ERRNO_RETURN(0, -1, "failed to create eventfd");
 
-        int ret = io_setup(iodepth < IODEPTH_MAX ? iodepth : IODEPTH_MAX,
-                           &ctx->aio_ctx);
+        int ret = io_setup(ctx->iodepth, &ctx->aio_ctx);
         if (ret < 0)
         {
             LOG_ERROR("failed to create aio context by io_setup() ", ERRNO(), VALUE(ret));
@@ -391,7 +389,6 @@ namespace photon
         assert(ctx->polling_thread);
         libaio_ctx = ctx.release();
         libaio_ctx->running = 1;
-        libaio_ctx->iodepth = iodepth;
         if (reset_handler == nullptr) {
             reset_handler = new AioResetHandle();
         }
diff --git a/photon.cpp b/photon.cpp
index 5d7dd566..b20379c8 100644
--- a/photon.cpp
+++ b/photon.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int init(uint64_t event_engine, uint64_t io_engine, const PhotonOptions& options
     INIT_IO(EXPORTFS, exportfs)
     INIT_IO(LIBCURL, libcurl)
 #ifdef __linux__
-    INIT_IO(LIBAIO, libaio_wrapper, options.libaio_ctx)
+    INIT_IO(LIBAIO, libaio_wrapper, options.libaio_queue_depth)
     INIT_IO(SOCKET_EDGE_TRIGGER, et_poller)
 #endif
     g_event_engine = event_engine;
diff --git a/photon.h b/photon.h
index 963afa2e..8c2d75fb 100644
--- a/photon.h
+++ b/photon.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const uint64_t INIT_IO_DEFAULT = INIT_IO_LIBCURL;
 #undef SHIFT
 
 struct PhotonOptions {
-    int libaio_ctx = 32;
+    int libaio_queue_depth = 32;
     bool use_pooled_stack_allocator = false;
     bool bypass_threadpool = false;
 };