diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index acbf3c7264b5..1dd30a15ea6a 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,6 @@ static bool io_match_task(struct io_kiocb *head,
 		return true;
 
 	io_for_each_link(req, head) {
-		if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_WORK_INITIALIZED))
-			continue;
 		if (req->file && req->file->f_op == &io_uring_fops)
 			return true;
 		if (req->task->files == files)
@@ -1800,15 +1798,7 @@ static void io_fail_links(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		trace_io_uring_fail_link(req, link);
 		io_cqring_fill_event(link, -ECANCELED);
 
-		/*
-		 * It's ok to free under spinlock as they're not linked anymore,
-		 * but avoid REQ_F_WORK_INITIALIZED because it may deadlock on
-		 * work.fs->lock.
-		 */
-		if (link->flags & REQ_F_WORK_INITIALIZED)
-			io_put_req_deferred(link, 2);
-		else
-			io_double_put_req(link);
+		io_put_req_deferred(link, 2);
 		link = nxt;
 	}
 	io_commit_cqring(ctx);