diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index b8a4d7d70adec2d7c77eb9b3c183659b59da43d0..4a6450ac5226dee7bbd28fa5843d970c25f4a930 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3037,8 +3037,16 @@ static int io_close(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt,
 		return ret;
 
 	/* if the file has a flush method, be safe and punt to async */
-	if (req->close.put_file->f_op->flush && !io_wq_current_is_worker())
-		goto eagain;
+	if (req->close.put_file->f_op->flush && force_nonblock) {
+		req->work.func = io_close_finish;
+		/*
+		 * Do manual async queue here to avoid grabbing files - we don't
+		 * need the files, and it'll cause io_close_finish() to close
+		 * the file again and cause a double CQE entry for this request
+		 */
+		io_queue_async_work(req);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * No ->flush(), safely close from here and just punt the
@@ -3046,15 +3054,6 @@ static int io_close(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt,
 	 */
 	__io_close_finish(req, nxt);
 	return 0;
-eagain:
-	req->work.func = io_close_finish;
-	/*
-	 * Do manual async queue here to avoid grabbing files - we don't
-	 * need the files, and it'll cause io_close_finish() to close
-	 * the file again and cause a double CQE entry for this request
-	 */
-	io_queue_async_work(req);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int io_prep_sfr(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)