diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 5489ce394c4ce4dda3eda8b1827a2ba2c8ac556f..3483a3e3d4126219483bd7cacbd9be7903409322 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static inline bool io_sequence_defer(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	if ((req->flags & (REQ_F_IO_DRAIN|REQ_F_IO_DRAINED)) != REQ_F_IO_DRAIN)
 		return false;
 
-	return req->sequence > ctx->cached_cq_tail + ctx->sq_ring->dropped;
+	return req->sequence != ctx->cached_cq_tail + ctx->sq_ring->dropped;
 }
 
 static struct io_kiocb *io_get_deferred_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)