diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 60c08a944e2fb..93d7cb5eb9fe5 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ static void io_req_io_end(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_rw *rw = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_rw);
 
-	WARN_ON(!in_task());
-
 	if (rw->kiocb.ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE) {
 		kiocb_end_write(req);
 		fsnotify_modify(req->file);