diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 67bf9047d230..3617bde95de2 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ static void io_complete_rw_iopoll(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res, long res2)
  * find it from a io_iopoll_getevents() thread before the issuer is done
  * accessing the kiocb cookie.
  */
-static void io_iopoll_req_issued(struct io_kiocb *req)
+static void io_iopoll_req_issued(struct io_kiocb *req, bool in_async)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
@@ -2741,7 +2741,12 @@ static void io_iopoll_req_issued(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	else
 		list_add_tail(&req->inflight_entry, &ctx->iopoll_list);
 
-	if ((ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) &&
+	/*
+	 * If IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL is enabled, sqes are either handled in sq thread
+	 * task context or in io worker task context. If current task context is
+	 * sq thread, we don't need to check whether should wake up sq thread.
+	 */
+	if (in_async && (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) &&
 	    wq_has_sleeper(&ctx->sq_data->wait))
 		wake_up(&ctx->sq_data->wait);
 }
@@ -6241,7 +6246,7 @@ static int io_issue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, bool force_nonblock,
 		if (in_async)
 			mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 
-		io_iopoll_req_issued(req);
+		io_iopoll_req_issued(req, in_async);
 
 		if (in_async)
 			mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);