diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index fd8a1ffe6a1a2025cf67d476dacdb538f64b921f..e6d8cafdd28e6a3909626202e6c039cfcae07b68 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8035,8 +8035,8 @@ static int io_files_update_with_index_alloc(struct io_kiocb *req,
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 		if (copy_to_user(&fds[done], &ret, sizeof(ret))) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
 			__io_close_fixed(req, issue_flags, ret);
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
 	}