diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index f500506984ec6bf5778702b5c4f10026803484db..90920abf91ff7d7c424bc09b034ebec73431b986 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ static int io_poll_check_events(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked)
 				return ret;
 		}
 
+		/* force the next iteration to vfs_poll() */
+		req->cqe.res = 0;
+
 		/*
 		 * Release all references, retry if someone tried to restart
 		 * task_work while we were executing it.