diff --git a/io_uring/msg_ring.c b/io_uring/msg_ring.c
index d74670b39ed6..81c4a9d43729 100644
--- a/io_uring/msg_ring.c
+++ b/io_uring/msg_ring.c
@@ -147,13 +147,11 @@ static int io_msg_ring_data(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	if (target_ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
 		if (unlikely(io_double_lock_ctx(target_ctx, issue_flags)))
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		if (io_post_aux_cqe(target_ctx, msg->user_data, msg->len, flags))
-			ret = 0;
-		io_double_unlock_ctx(target_ctx);
-	} else {
-		if (io_post_aux_cqe(target_ctx, msg->user_data, msg->len, flags))
-			ret = 0;
 	}
+	if (io_post_aux_cqe(target_ctx, msg->user_data, msg->len, flags))
+		ret = 0;
+	if (target_ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)
+		io_double_unlock_ctx(target_ctx);
 	return ret;
 }