diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 83973f6b3c0a..796b6d1f72f9 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7843,6 +7843,8 @@ void __io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = tsk->io_uring;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!xa_empty(&tctx->xa));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(tctx->io_wq);
+
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&tctx->inflight);
 	kfree(tctx);
 	tsk->io_uring = NULL;