The invention discloses a preparation method of a lithium ion battery negative electrode for reducing irreversible capacity loss. The preparation method mainly comprises the following steps of (1) weighing a negative electrode active substance, a conductive agent, a binding agent, a surfactant, a lithium salt and water, and then dissolving the lithium salt in the water accounting for 10-20% of total water to obtain a lithium salt solution for use; (2) uniformly mixing the surfactant and the remaining water, and then adding and uniformly dispersing the conductive agent to form a conductive adhesive; (3) adding and dispersing the negative electrode active substance in the conductive adhesive, adding the binding agent, uniformly stirring, and then carrying out vacuum defoaming to obtain a negative electrode paste; and (4) uniformly applying the negative electrode paste onto the surface of the negative electrode current collector, uniformly spraying the lithium salt solution, and drying the lithium salt solution to obtain the lithium ion battery negative electrode. The process step is simple, the device requirement is low, the operability is high, the irreversible capacity loss of a battery can be effectively reduced, the energy density of the battery is enhanced, and the preparation method can be completely applied to industrial production of the lithium ion battery at a large scale.