diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f527f722c5fbf9edc1bd4916b8265f2abfbb14b2..05f256b4100eb07a1deea2911950748985ad38d2 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1160,8 +1160,7 @@ static void __io_req_aux_free(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
-	if (req->io)
-		kfree(req->io);
+	kfree(req->io);
 	if (req->file) {
 		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE)
 			percpu_ref_put(&ctx->file_data->refs);