diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 02250693a406ce18cef0b46f1e34225c5a287f32..f800b0b4498f11ed61c9d0e8d0f74321ac8015cd 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1153,6 +1153,8 @@ static inline bool io_should_trigger_evfd(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	if (!ctx->cq_ev_fd)
 		return false;
+	if (READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq_flags) & IORING_CQ_EVENTFD_DISABLED)
+		return false;
 	if (!ctx->eventfd_async)
 		return true;
 	return io_wq_current_is_worker();
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 602bb0ece6075175e3beba5db91edf7fd58aabb1..8c5775df08b87139be2b26973f949853f00e1400 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ struct io_cqring_offsets {
 	__u64 resv2;
 };
 
+/*
+ * cq_ring->flags
+ */
+
+/* disable eventfd notifications */
+#define IORING_CQ_EVENTFD_DISABLED	(1U << 0)
+
 /*
  * io_uring_enter(2) flags
  */