diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index bfacf7a8954bd037f15f95ff963c6684c4e2047e..d7ea7e0ee473a18a2a7ab6d573b6f6777cf935ab 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3128,11 +3128,11 @@ 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;