diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index d4f8abb451c4..bbb2a262c272 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6925,14 +6925,13 @@ static inline void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 	ret = io_issue_sqe(req, IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK|IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER);
 
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_COMPLETE_INLINE)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * We async punt it if the file wasn't marked NOWAIT, or if the file
 	 * doesn't support non-blocking read/write attempts
 	 */
 	if (likely(!ret)) {
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_COMPLETE_INLINE)
-			return;
-
 		linked_timeout = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);
 		if (linked_timeout)
 			io_queue_linked_timeout(linked_timeout);