diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 2d07d35e7262acef7889b914c6363345c120805a..0d0217281ccfe9f51806b9c1f596a5e73487ec8d 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1733,10 +1733,6 @@ static bool io_cqring_overflow_flush(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool force,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
 
-	/* if force is set, the ring is going away. always drop after that */
-	if (force)
-		ctx->cq_overflow_flushed = 1;
-
 	cqe = NULL;
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &ctx->cq_overflow_list, compl.list) {
 		if (!io_match_task(req, tsk, files))
@@ -8655,6 +8651,8 @@ static void io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	percpu_ref_kill(&ctx->refs);
+	/* if force is set, the ring is going away. always drop after that */
+	ctx->cq_overflow_flushed = 1;
 	if (ctx->rings)
 		io_cqring_overflow_flush(ctx, true, NULL, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);