diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index d7ea7e0ee473a18a2a7ab6d573b6f6777cf935ab..192a5903df34badb3467a41ecd565ce07a0dc872 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -983,15 +983,10 @@ static void io_req_find_next(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt)
 	}
 }
 
-static void io_free_req_find_next(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt)
-{
-	io_req_find_next(req, nxt);
-	__io_free_req(req);
-}
-
 static void io_free_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
-	io_free_req_find_next(req, NULL);
+	io_req_find_next(req, NULL);
+	__io_free_req(req);
 }
 
 /*