diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 437c9f602b7d8..df4288776815e 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7953,9 +7953,11 @@ static int io_sq_offload_create(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 		f = fdget(p->wq_fd);
 		if (!f.file)
 			return -ENXIO;
-		fdput(f);
-		if (f.file->f_op != &io_uring_fops)
+		if (f.file->f_op != &io_uring_fops) {
+			fdput(f);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		fdput(f);
 	}
 	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) {
 		struct task_struct *tsk;