diff --git a/io_uring/fdinfo.c b/io_uring/fdinfo.c
index 37afc5bac279..8d444dd1b0a7 100644
--- a/io_uring/fdinfo.c
+++ b/io_uring/fdinfo.c
@@ -147,11 +147,18 @@ __cold void io_uring_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f)
 	if (has_lock && (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL)) {
 		struct io_sq_data *sq = ctx->sq_data;
 
-		sq_pid = sq->task_pid;
-		sq_cpu = sq->sq_cpu;
-		getrusage(sq->thread, RUSAGE_SELF, &sq_usage);
-		sq_total_time = sq_usage.ru_stime.tv_sec * 1000000 + sq_usage.ru_stime.tv_usec;
-		sq_work_time = sq->work_time;
+		/*
+		 * sq->thread might be NULL if we raced with the sqpoll
+		 * thread termination.
+		 */
+		if (sq->thread) {
+			sq_pid = sq->task_pid;
+			sq_cpu = sq->sq_cpu;
+			getrusage(sq->thread, RUSAGE_SELF, &sq_usage);
+			sq_total_time = (sq_usage.ru_stime.tv_sec * 1000000
+					 + sq_usage.ru_stime.tv_usec);
+			sq_work_time = sq->work_time;
+		}
 	}
 
 	seq_printf(m, "SqThread:\t%d\n", sq_pid);