diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 28223f511931..da18dbcfcb22 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -2165,11 +2165,14 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_submit, compat_aio_context_t, ctx_id,
 #endif
 
 /* sys_io_cancel:
- *	Attempts to cancel an iocb previously passed to io_submit(). If the
- *	operation is successfully cancelled 0 is returned. May fail with
- *	-EFAULT if any of the data structures pointed to are invalid. May
- *	fail with -EINVAL if aio_context specified by ctx_id is invalid. Will
- *	fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
+ *	Attempts to cancel an iocb previously passed to io_submit.  If
+ *	the operation is successfully cancelled, the resulting event is
+ *	copied into the memory pointed to by result without being placed
+ *	into the completion queue and 0 is returned.  May fail with
+ *	-EFAULT if any of the data structures pointed to are invalid.
+ *	May fail with -EINVAL if aio_context specified by ctx_id is
+ *	invalid.  May fail with -EAGAIN if the iocb specified was not
+ *	cancelled.  Will fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t, ctx_id, struct iocb __user *, iocb,
 		struct io_event __user *, result)
@@ -2200,12 +2203,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t, ctx_id, struct iocb __user *, iocb,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * The result argument is no longer used - the io_event is always
-	 * delivered via the ring buffer.
-	 */
-	if (ret == 0 && kiocb->rw.ki_flags & IOCB_AIO_RW)
-		aio_complete_rw(&kiocb->rw, -EINTR);
+	if (!ret) {
+		/*
+		 * The result argument is no longer used - the io_event is
+		 * always delivered via the ring buffer. -EINPROGRESS indicates
+		 * cancellation is progress:
+		 */
+		ret = -EINPROGRESS;
+	}
 
 	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->users);