diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index c2e7031f6d09..3d7060ba547a 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -799,8 +799,7 @@ static void io_wqe_enqueue(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_wq_work *work)
 	/* Can only happen if manager creation fails after exec */
 	if (io_wq_fork_manager(wqe->wq) ||
 	    test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wqe->wq->state)) {
-		work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL;
-		wqe->wq->do_work(work);
+		io_run_cancel(work, wqe);
 		return;
 	}