diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 4d82b04a92c9f452830b5c09d795a3eadda66052..4ed5a7d97640d918d0a9c48f48d999b8a00e68b3 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1254,6 +1254,9 @@ static void __io_req_aux_free(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP)
+		io_cleanup_req(req);
+
 	kfree(req->io);
 	if (req->file) {
 		if (req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE)
@@ -1269,9 +1272,6 @@ static void __io_free_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	__io_req_aux_free(req);
 
-	if (req->flags & REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP)
-		io_cleanup_req(req);
-
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_INFLIGHT) {
 		struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 		unsigned long flags;