diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 3fc792dfc6ae..dc0235ff472d 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2610,19 +2610,6 @@ static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
 	if (__io_cqring_events_user(ctx) >= min_events)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (sig) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-		if (in_compat_syscall())
-			ret = set_compat_user_sigmask((const compat_sigset_t __user *)sig,
-						      sigsz);
-		else
-#endif
-			ret = set_user_sigmask(sig, sigsz);
-
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&iowq.wq, io_wake_function);
 	iowq.wq.private = current;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iowq.wq.entry);
@@ -2639,6 +2626,19 @@ static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
 		iowq.timeout = ktime_add_ns(timespec64_to_ktime(ts), ktime_get_ns());
 	}
 
+	if (sig) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+		if (in_compat_syscall())
+			ret = set_compat_user_sigmask((const compat_sigset_t __user *)sig,
+						      sigsz);
+		else
+#endif
+			ret = set_user_sigmask(sig, sigsz);
+
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	trace_io_uring_cqring_wait(ctx, min_events);
 	do {
 		int nr_wait = (int) iowq.cq_tail - READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq.tail);