diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index adb5cd4b760d7eda7d9f06a214ba4c978eaf27a8..db6680bb02d3a8bd5667751a79bfb3c068b19c29 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4599,9 +4599,6 @@ static int io_sfr_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
-	if (!req->file)
-		return -EBADF;
-
 	if (unlikely(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(sqe->addr || sqe->ioprio || sqe->buf_index))