diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 443b021c80be6..a1f0c8a8515e7 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3944,11 +3944,17 @@ static int io_remove_buffers(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock,
 	head = idr_find(&ctx->io_buffer_idr, p->bgid);
 	if (head)
 		ret = __io_remove_buffers(ctx, head, p->bgid, p->nbufs);
-
-	io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, !force_nonblock);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		req_set_fail_links(req);
-	__io_req_complete(req, ret, 0, cs);
+
+	/* need to hold the lock to complete IOPOLL requests */
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
+		__io_req_complete(req, ret, 0, cs);
+		io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, !force_nonblock);
+	} else {
+		io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, !force_nonblock);
+		__io_req_complete(req, ret, 0, cs);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4033,10 +4039,17 @@ static int io_provide_buffers(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock,
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, !force_nonblock);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		req_set_fail_links(req);
-	__io_req_complete(req, ret, 0, cs);
+
+	/* need to hold the lock to complete IOPOLL requests */
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
+		__io_req_complete(req, ret, 0, cs);
+		io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, !force_nonblock);
+	} else {
+		io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, !force_nonblock);
+		__io_req_complete(req, ret, 0, cs);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }