diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 5453d1842e2bf3f6f6ec9a4cbf5a987332066bb1..f3078708fdb86cf394dea9d0b28cd27d876277e0 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8751,9 +8751,10 @@ static void io_uring_cancel_task_requests(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	io_cancel_defer_files(ctx, task, files);
 	io_cqring_overflow_flush(ctx, true, task, files);
 
-	io_uring_cancel_files(ctx, task, files);
 	if (!files)
 		__io_uring_cancel_task_requests(ctx, task);
+	else
+		io_uring_cancel_files(ctx, task, files);
 
 	if ((ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) && ctx->sq_data) {
 		atomic_dec(&task->io_uring->in_idle);