diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index cc69f38c77e5c890df2065a230aecbac3de55148..77e8d403b3e763c590dd35f4574eae1b2d5c5021 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2612,6 +2612,7 @@ static bool io_op_needs_file(const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	switch (op) {
 	case IORING_OP_NOP:
 	case IORING_OP_POLL_REMOVE:
+	case IORING_OP_TIMEOUT:
 		return false;
 	default:
 		return true;