diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 7af74c1ec9091b2307d97c27bc8f35326b338c16..b0e6d8e607a33982ba108cbcd0bc55358290ca51 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,9 @@ static void io_sq_thread_drop_mm_files(void)
 
 static int __io_sq_thread_acquire_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
+	if (current->flags & PF_EXITING)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (!current->files) {
 		struct files_struct *files;
 		struct nsproxy *nsproxy;
@@ -1133,6 +1136,8 @@ static int __io_sq_thread_acquire_mm(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 
+	if (current->flags & PF_EXITING)
+		return -EFAULT;
 	if (current->mm)
 		return 0;