diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index c0b60961c67222fe95e60641313192f494dcde48..dab120b71e44d9faeedf56371793067ab92984e6 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/close_range.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
-#include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open __read_mostly = 1024*1024;
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min = BITS_PER_LONG;
@@ -428,7 +427,6 @@ void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct files_struct * files = tsk->files;
 
 	if (files) {
-		io_uring_files_cancel(files);
 		task_lock(tsk);
 		tsk->files = NULL;
 		task_unlock(tsk);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 3594291a854286545de8c33048bb57396871b083..04029e35e69af40942815b96e39ebb576f8394c3 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/rcuwait.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -776,6 +777,7 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
 		schedule();
 	}
 
+	io_uring_files_cancel(tsk->files);
 	exit_signals(tsk);  /* sets PF_EXITING */
 
 	/* sync mm's RSS info before statistics gathering */