diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 45d6e440bdc0..13a9d9fcd2ec 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2757,14 +2757,15 @@ static void io_rings_free(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	if (!(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_NO_MMAP)) {
 		io_mem_free(ctx->rings);
 		io_mem_free(ctx->sq_sqes);
-		ctx->rings = NULL;
-		ctx->sq_sqes = NULL;
 	} else {
 		io_pages_free(&ctx->ring_pages, ctx->n_ring_pages);
 		ctx->n_ring_pages = 0;
 		io_pages_free(&ctx->sqe_pages, ctx->n_sqe_pages);
 		ctx->n_sqe_pages = 0;
 	}
+
+	ctx->rings = NULL;
+	ctx->sq_sqes = NULL;
 }
 
 void *io_mem_alloc(size_t size)