diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 9925ac08c39856667db9b85f04376176febabad6..1299f9c8567aeeac884db67c9bf0e904d275b81f 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -854,19 +854,14 @@ static void __io_req_complete_put(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	}
 }
 
-void __io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req)
-{
-	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_CQE_SKIP))
-		__io_fill_cqe_req(req->ctx, req);
-	__io_req_complete_put(req);
-}
-
 void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
 	io_cq_lock(ctx);
-	__io_req_complete_post(req);
+	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_CQE_SKIP))
+		__io_fill_cqe_req(ctx, req);
+	__io_req_complete_put(req);
 	io_cq_unlock_post(ctx);
 }
 
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index 38d9e149d2db77ad99938bfa57ce526f2b43801e..69fbd27c7577b9b0501a57ffa82ae393f9cf5af2 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ int io_run_local_work(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx);
 void io_req_complete_failed(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res);
 void __io_req_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags);
 void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req);
-void __io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req);
 bool io_post_aux_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32 cflags,
 		     bool allow_overflow);
 bool io_fill_cqe_aux(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32 cflags,