diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f039706bce0e..692dbe7b98e9 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1877,11 +1877,8 @@ static void io_cqring_ev_posted(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 
 static void io_cqring_ev_posted_iopoll(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	/* see waitqueue_active() comment */
-	smp_mb();
-
 	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) {
-		if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->cq_wait))
+		if (wq_has_sleeper(&ctx->cq_wait))
 			wake_up_all(&ctx->cq_wait);
 	}
 	io_eventfd_signal(ctx);