diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index b05d37431c12..68bf2c8c23a9 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -9099,6 +9099,10 @@ static int io_uring_add_task_file(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct file *file)
 				fput(file);
 				return ret;
 			}
+
+			/* one and only SQPOLL file note, held by sqo_task */
+			WARN_ON_ONCE((ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL) &&
+				     current != ctx->sqo_task);
 		}
 		tctx->last = file;
 	}