diff --git a/io_uring/sqpoll.c b/io_uring/sqpoll.c
index 559652380672..6ffa5cf1bbb8 100644
--- a/io_uring/sqpoll.c
+++ b/io_uring/sqpoll.c
@@ -256,9 +256,13 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data)
 			sqt_spin = true;
 
 		if (sqt_spin || !time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
-			cond_resched();
 			if (sqt_spin)
 				timeout = jiffies + sqd->sq_thread_idle;
+			if (unlikely(need_resched())) {
+				mutex_unlock(&sqd->lock);
+				cond_resched();
+				mutex_lock(&sqd->lock);
+			}
 			continue;
 		}