diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 68f1b6f8699a..958c3b619020 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2426,6 +2426,14 @@ static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
 			return 0;
 	} while (ret > 0);
 
+	if (uts) {
+		struct timespec64 ts;
+
+		if (get_timespec64(&ts, uts))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		timeout = ktime_add_ns(timespec64_to_ktime(ts), ktime_get_ns());
+	}
+
 	if (sig) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 		if (in_compat_syscall())
@@ -2439,14 +2447,6 @@ static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (uts) {
-		struct timespec64 ts;
-
-		if (get_timespec64(&ts, uts))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		timeout = ktime_add_ns(timespec64_to_ktime(ts), ktime_get_ns());
-	}
-
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&iowq.wq, io_wake_function);
 	iowq.wq.private = current;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iowq.wq.entry);