diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index c104425b2557510f49f8d647f81d94fadf19e9da..7ae8ba98e73b3204b9c66230dfd86e3e735cf29b 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ static int io_close(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock,
 	}
 
 	/* No ->flush() or already async, safely close from here */
-	ret = filp_close(close->put_file, req->work.files);
+	ret = filp_close(close->put_file, req->work.files ? : current->files);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		req_set_fail_links(req);
 	fput(close->put_file);