diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 516a59db73caba9a97d3557d3f9a7a9cf418da2b..b536c34c6c369f99173cf1bd473ae8a14fcc4604 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2604,7 +2604,8 @@ static int io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 			if (ret)
 				goto out_free;
 			/* any defer here is final, must blocking retry */
-			if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT))
+			if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT) &&
+			    !file_can_poll(req->file))
 				req->flags |= REQ_F_MUST_PUNT;
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
@@ -2726,7 +2727,8 @@ static int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)
 			if (ret)
 				goto out_free;
 			/* any defer here is final, must blocking retry */
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_MUST_PUNT;
+			if (!file_can_poll(req->file))
+				req->flags |= REQ_F_MUST_PUNT;
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 	}