diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f3ae83a2d7bc..8c5789b96dbb 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -8564,6 +8564,14 @@ static void io_ring_exit_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct io_tctx_node *node;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* prevent SQPOLL from submitting new requests */
+	if (ctx->sq_data) {
+		io_sq_thread_park(ctx->sq_data);
+		list_del_init(&ctx->sqd_list);
+		io_sqd_update_thread_idle(ctx->sq_data);
+		io_sq_thread_unpark(ctx->sq_data);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If we're doing polled IO and end up having requests being
 	 * submitted async (out-of-line), then completions can come in while
@@ -8615,14 +8623,6 @@ static void io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 		io_unregister_personality(ctx, index);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 
-	/* prevent SQPOLL from submitting new requests */
-	if (ctx->sq_data) {
-		io_sq_thread_park(ctx->sq_data);
-		list_del_init(&ctx->sqd_list);
-		io_sqd_update_thread_idle(ctx->sq_data);
-		io_sq_thread_unpark(ctx->sq_data);
-	}
-
 	io_kill_timeouts(ctx, NULL, NULL);
 	io_poll_remove_all(ctx, NULL, NULL);