diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index e1e15d40d758..2caef6417260 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -9684,6 +9684,10 @@ static void io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	/* if we failed setting up the ctx, we might not have any rings */
 	io_iopoll_try_reap_events(ctx);
 
+	/* drop cached put refs after potentially doing completions */
+	if (current->io_uring)
+		io_uring_drop_tctx_refs(current);
+
 	INIT_WORK(&ctx->exit_work, io_ring_exit_work);
 	/*
 	 * Use system_unbound_wq to avoid spawning tons of event kworkers