diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 9f11feb8a3ac3bf46d460d7d506a107d21d4dc31..732ec73ec3c0b49ab6aff58fe6c7383304828853 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7449,10 +7449,11 @@ static void io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				finish_wait(&ctx->inflight_wait, &wait);
 				continue;
 			}
+		} else {
+			io_wq_cancel_work(ctx->io_wq, &cancel_req->work);
+			io_put_req(cancel_req);
 		}
 
-		io_wq_cancel_work(ctx->io_wq, &cancel_req->work);
-		io_put_req(cancel_req);
 		schedule();
 		finish_wait(&ctx->inflight_wait, &wait);
 	}