diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 3250ea7261fb5fc2047df071edad50b474152777..2e7d2885f0407b22ee8d9ea14abcdbfe28346046 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7342,9 +7342,22 @@ static int io_uring_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool io_wq_files_match(struct io_wq_work *work, void *data)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = data;
+
+	return work->files == files;
+}
+
 static void io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				  struct files_struct *files)
 {
+	if (list_empty_careful(&ctx->inflight_list))
+		return;
+
+	/* cancel all at once, should be faster than doing it one by one*/
+	io_wq_cancel_cb(ctx->io_wq, io_wq_files_match, files, true);
+
 	while (!list_empty_careful(&ctx->inflight_list)) {
 		struct io_kiocb *cancel_req = NULL, *req;
 		DEFINE_WAIT(wait);