diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 05f256b4100eb07a1deea2911950748985ad38d2..f7055ac0ad91ee935649477c380ec3b165b16ba2 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6509,8 +6509,13 @@ static int __io_uring_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned opcode,
 		 * after we've killed the percpu ref.
 		 */
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
-		wait_for_completion(&ctx->completions[0]);
+		ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&ctx->completions[0]);
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
+		if (ret) {
+			percpu_ref_resurrect(&ctx->refs);
+			ret = -EINTR;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (opcode) {
@@ -6556,8 +6561,9 @@ static int __io_uring_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned opcode,
 	if (opcode != IORING_UNREGISTER_FILES &&
 	    opcode != IORING_REGISTER_FILES_UPDATE) {
 		/* bring the ctx back to life */
-		reinit_completion(&ctx->completions[0]);
 		percpu_ref_reinit(&ctx->refs);
+out:
+		reinit_completion(&ctx->completions[0]);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }