diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring.h b/include/linux/io_uring.h
index a8f3058448ea..e0dec1bf917a 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ bool io_is_uring_fops(struct file *file);
 
 static inline void io_uring_files_cancel(void)
 {
-	if (current->io_uring) {
-		io_uring_unreg_ringfd();
+	if (current->io_uring)
 		__io_uring_cancel(false);
-	}
 }
 static inline void io_uring_task_cancel(void)
 {
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 0b1361663267..ae7a9545b877 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3085,6 +3085,7 @@ __cold void io_uring_cancel_generic(bool cancel_all, struct io_sq_data *sqd)
 
 void __io_uring_cancel(bool cancel_all)
 {
+	io_uring_unreg_ringfd();
 	io_uring_cancel_generic(cancel_all, NULL);
 }