diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 91b85df0861e..74b40506c5d9 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct io_wq {
 
 	struct task_struct *manager;
 	struct user_struct *user;
-	struct cred *creds;
+	const struct cred *creds;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	refcount_t refs;
 	struct completion done;
diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index 600e0158cba7..dd0af0d7376c 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ typedef void (put_work_fn)(struct io_wq_work *);
 struct io_wq_data {
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct user_struct *user;
-	struct cred *creds;
+	const struct cred *creds;
 
 	get_work_fn *get_work;
 	put_work_fn *put_work;
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index ec53aa7cdc94..5cab7a047317 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ struct io_ring_ctx {
 
 	struct user_struct	*user;
 
-	struct cred		*creds;
+	const struct cred	*creds;
 
 	/* 0 is for ctx quiesce/reinit/free, 1 is for sqo_thread started */
 	struct completion	*completions;
@@ -4759,7 +4759,7 @@ static int io_uring_create(unsigned entries, struct io_uring_params *p)
 	ctx->compat = in_compat_syscall();
 	ctx->account_mem = account_mem;
 	ctx->user = user;
-	ctx->creds = prepare_creds();
+	ctx->creds = get_current_cred();
 
 	ret = io_allocate_scq_urings(ctx, p);
 	if (ret)