diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index dcc77af5320e..5746998799ab 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6234,9 +6234,10 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart io_link_timeout_fn(struct hrtimer *timer)
 	if (prev) {
 		req_set_fail_links(prev);
 		io_async_find_and_cancel(ctx, req, prev->user_data, -ETIME);
-		io_put_req(prev);
+		io_put_req_deferred(prev, 1);
 	} else {
-		io_req_complete(req, -ETIME);
+		io_cqring_add_event(req, -ETIME, 0);
+		io_put_req_deferred(req, 1);
 	}
 	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }