diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index e4de493bcff4..fec6b6a409e7 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -5716,6 +5716,7 @@ static void io_apoll_task_func(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked)
 	if (ret > 0)
 		return;
 
+	io_tw_lock(req->ctx, locked);
 	io_poll_remove_entries(req);
 	spin_lock(&ctx->completion_lock);
 	hash_del(&req->hash_node);