diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index cf348c33f485..49a124daa359 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ static bool current_pending_io(void)
 static inline int io_cqring_wait_schedule(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 					  struct io_wait_queue *iowq)
 {
-	int io_wait, ret;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(ctx->check_cq)))
 		return 1;
@@ -2557,7 +2557,6 @@ static inline int io_cqring_wait_schedule(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	 * can take into account that the task is waiting for IO - turns out
 	 * to be important for low QD IO.
 	 */
-	io_wait = current->in_iowait;
 	if (current_pending_io())
 		current->in_iowait = 1;
 	ret = 0;
@@ -2565,7 +2564,7 @@ static inline int io_cqring_wait_schedule(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 		schedule();
 	else if (!schedule_hrtimeout(&iowq->timeout, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS))
 		ret = -ETIME;
-	current->in_iowait = io_wait;
+	current->in_iowait = 0;
 	return ret;
 }