diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 3544fe839f2d872b54f1c923aef7e92cf0a419fc..d8f0fbeab6f31ce994ab6bb66a808cb7a9f9b0e4 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ struct io_ring_ctx {
 		int			account_mem: 1;
 		int			cq_overflow_flushed: 1;
 		int			drain_next: 1;
+		int			eventfd_async: 1;
 
 		/*
 		 * Ring buffer of indices into array of io_uring_sqe, which is
@@ -963,13 +964,20 @@ static struct io_uring_cqe *io_get_cqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	return &rings->cqes[tail & ctx->cq_mask];
 }
 
+static inline bool io_should_trigger_evfd(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	if (!ctx->eventfd_async)
+		return true;
+	return io_wq_current_is_worker() || in_interrupt();
+}
+
 static void io_cqring_ev_posted(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wait))
 		wake_up(&ctx->wait);
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->sqo_wait))
 		wake_up(&ctx->sqo_wait);
-	if (ctx->cq_ev_fd)
+	if (ctx->cq_ev_fd && io_should_trigger_evfd(ctx))
 		eventfd_signal(ctx->cq_ev_fd, 1);
 }
 
@@ -6541,10 +6549,17 @@ static int __io_uring_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned opcode,
 		ret = io_sqe_files_update(ctx, arg, nr_args);
 		break;
 	case IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD:
+	case IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (nr_args != 1)
 			break;
 		ret = io_eventfd_register(ctx, arg);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+		if (opcode == IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC)
+			ctx->eventfd_async = 1;
+		else
+			ctx->eventfd_async = 0;
 		break;
 	case IORING_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 0fe270ab191c5ddd93b130c3cc27b23a3ce2fcbd..66772a90a7f2dd55a5a77725026554321728c047 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ struct io_uring_params {
 #define IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD		4
 #define IORING_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD	5
 #define IORING_REGISTER_FILES_UPDATE	6
+#define IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC	7
 
 struct io_uring_files_update {
 	__u32 offset;