diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 7d276efc9a7a9929123ac29ae7643e70431a24e0..b937056df08acd8c16392f4fd2ed3da945f9f159 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7364,10 +7364,11 @@ static void io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				finish_wait(&ctx->inflight_wait, &wait);
 				continue;
 			}
+		} else {
+			io_wq_cancel_work(ctx->io_wq, &cancel_req->work);
+			io_put_req(cancel_req);
 		}
 
-		io_wq_cancel_work(ctx->io_wq, &cancel_req->work);
-		io_put_req(cancel_req);
 		schedule();
 		finish_wait(&ctx->inflight_wait, &wait);
 	}