diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 48833d0edd089..602da2cfd57c8 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -5061,7 +5061,8 @@ static int io_msg_ring(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		req_set_fail(req);
 	__io_req_complete(req, issue_flags, ret, 0);
 	/* put file to avoid an attempt to IOPOLL the req */
-	io_put_file(req->file);
+	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_FIXED_FILE))
+		io_put_file(req->file);
 	req->file = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }