diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 79bd22289d73..20662bbc0507 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3509,14 +3509,11 @@ static void __io_sync_file_range(struct io_kiocb *req)
 static void io_sync_file_range_finish(struct io_wq_work **workptr)
 {
 	struct io_kiocb *req = container_of(*workptr, struct io_kiocb, work);
-	struct io_kiocb *nxt = NULL;
 
 	if (io_req_cancelled(req))
 		return;
 	__io_sync_file_range(req);
 	io_put_req(req); /* put submission ref */
-	if (nxt)
-		io_wq_assign_next(workptr, nxt);
 }
 
 static int io_sync_file_range(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock)