diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index ca9be31b76b3..92546f90defd 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4844,10 +4844,9 @@ static void io_poll_task_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt)
 
 	hash_del(&req->hash_node);
 	io_poll_complete(req, req->result, 0);
-	req->flags |= REQ_F_COMP_LOCKED;
-	*nxt = io_put_req_find_next(req);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
 
+	*nxt = io_put_req_find_next(req);
 	io_cqring_ev_posted(ctx);
 }