diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 39ae1f821cef..12bf7180c0f1 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8967,8 +8967,6 @@ static void io_uring_cancel_task_requests(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	struct task_struct *task = current;
 
 	if ((ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) && ctx->sq_data) {
-		/* for SQPOLL only sqo_task has task notes */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->sqo_task != current);
 		io_disable_sqo_submit(ctx);
 		task = ctx->sq_data->thread;
 		atomic_inc(&task->io_uring->in_idle);