diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring.h b/include/linux/io_uring.h
index 649a4d7c241b..55d09f594cd1 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #include <linux/xarray.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IO_URING)
-struct sock *io_uring_get_socket(struct file *file);
 void __io_uring_cancel(bool cancel_all);
 void __io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk);
+bool io_is_uring_fops(struct file *file);
 
 static inline void io_uring_files_cancel(void)
 {
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ static inline void io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		__io_uring_free(tsk);
 }
 #else
-static inline struct sock *io_uring_get_socket(struct file *file)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
 static inline void io_uring_task_cancel(void)
 {
 }
@@ -39,6 +35,10 @@ static inline void io_uring_files_cancel(void)
 static inline void io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 }
+static inline bool io_is_uring_fops(struct file *file)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 55fd6d98fe12..541e6a6985ec 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1116,19 +1116,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *req_cachep;
 
 static const struct file_operations io_uring_fops;
 
-struct sock *io_uring_get_socket(struct file *file)
-{
-#if defined(CONFIG_UNIX)
-	if (file->f_op == &io_uring_fops) {
-		struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
-
-		return ctx->ring_sock->sk;
-	}
-#endif
-	return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(io_uring_get_socket);
-
 static inline void io_tw_lock(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool *locked)
 {
 	if (!*locked) {
@@ -10445,6 +10432,11 @@ static const struct file_operations io_uring_fops = {
 #endif
 };
 
+bool io_is_uring_fops(struct file *file)
+{
+	return file->f_op == &io_uring_fops;
+}
+
 static int io_allocate_scq_urings(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				  struct io_uring_params *p)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index e762a4b8a1d2..a877c4ef4c25 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int scm_fp_copy(struct cmsghdr *cmsg, struct scm_fp_list **fplp)
 		if (fd < 0 || !(file = fget_raw(fd)))
 			return -EBADF;
 		/* don't allow io_uring files */
-		if (io_uring_get_socket(file)) {
+		if (io_is_uring_fops(file)) {
 			fput(file);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
diff --git a/net/unix/scm.c b/net/unix/scm.c
index e8e2a00bb0f5..d1048b4c2baa 100644
--- a/net/unix/scm.c
+++ b/net/unix/scm.c
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
 		/* PF_UNIX ? */
 		if (s && sock->ops && sock->ops->family == PF_UNIX)
 			u_sock = s;
-	} else {
-		/* Could be an io_uring instance */
-		u_sock = io_uring_get_socket(filp);
 	}
+
 	return u_sock;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unix_get_socket);