diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index ba3fb2d8ec27a7a88f31bf2d435b09b1a7b8a7d2..0a0fbb236147fcc59f47696044c6e4141010015e 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1843,8 +1843,6 @@ static bool io_get_sqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct sqe_submit *s)
 	/* drop invalid entries */
 	ctx->cached_sq_head++;
 	ring->dropped++;
-	/* See comment at the top of this file */
-	smp_wmb();
 	return false;
 }