diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index dd8b3fac877c..359d1abb089c 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -6289,10 +6289,11 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart io_link_timeout_fn(struct hrtimer *timer) * We don't expect the list to be empty, that will only happen if we * race with the completion of the linked work. */ - if (prev && req_ref_inc_not_zero(prev)) + if (prev) { io_remove_next_linked(prev); - else - prev = NULL; + if (!req_ref_inc_not_zero(prev)) + prev = NULL; + } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->completion_lock, flags); if (prev) {