diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 1501f20fde84..3ecc3c08bf12 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -10200,6 +10200,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(io_uring_register, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, opcode,
 
 	ctx = f.file->private_data;
 
+	io_run_task_work();
+
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	ret = __io_uring_register(ctx, opcode, arg, nr_args);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);