diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 185575f027e970fbcf2662f529016076c8b96ea2..1778679ad5955c1e6660263e06474e64fe281b51 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4498,14 +4498,12 @@ static void io_commit_sqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct io_rings *rings = ctx->rings;
 
-	if (ctx->cached_sq_head != READ_ONCE(rings->sq.head)) {
-		/*
-		 * Ensure any loads from the SQEs are done at this point,
-		 * since once we write the new head, the application could
-		 * write new data to them.
-		 */
-		smp_store_release(&rings->sq.head, ctx->cached_sq_head);
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Ensure any loads from the SQEs are done at this point,
+	 * since once we write the new head, the application could
+	 * write new data to them.
+	 */
+	smp_store_release(&rings->sq.head, ctx->cached_sq_head);
 }
 
 /*