diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 965ffa23b0ccdc063350f7c0c9223265613c0c16..72aab64cd4b2c5efd14602ffef4c7a4182553c49 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3131,11 +3131,11 @@ static bool io_get_sqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct sqe_submit *s)
 	 */
 	head = ctx->cached_sq_head;
 	/* make sure SQ entry isn't read before tail */
-	if (head == smp_load_acquire(&rings->sq.tail))
+	if (unlikely(head == smp_load_acquire(&rings->sq.tail)))
 		return false;
 
 	head = READ_ONCE(sq_array[head & ctx->sq_mask]);
-	if (head < ctx->sq_entries) {
+	if (likely(head < ctx->sq_entries)) {
 		s->ring_file = NULL;
 		s->sqe = &ctx->sq_sqes[head];
 		s->sequence = ctx->cached_sq_head;