diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 24409dd07239..7625b29153b9 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2797,11 +2797,10 @@ static int io_do_iopoll(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool force_nonspin)
 		/* order with io_complete_rw_iopoll(), e.g. ->result updates */
 		if (!smp_load_acquire(&req->iopoll_completed))
 			break;
+		nr_events++;
 		if (unlikely(req->flags & REQ_F_CQE_SKIP))
 			continue;
-
 		__io_fill_cqe_req(req, req->result, io_put_kbuf(req, 0));
-		nr_events++;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!nr_events))