diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 67a355f27ad8..fc60396c9039 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -7640,7 +7640,7 @@ static inline int io_cqring_wait_schedule(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 					  struct io_wait_queue *iowq,
 					  ktime_t *timeout)
 {
-	int io_wait, ret;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* make sure we run task_work before checking for signals */
 	ret = io_run_task_work_sig();
@@ -7655,13 +7655,12 @@ static inline int io_cqring_wait_schedule(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	 * can take into account that the task is waiting for IO - turns out
 	 * to be important for low QD IO.
 	 */
-	io_wait = current->in_iowait;
 	if (current_pending_io())
 		current->in_iowait = 1;
 	ret = 1;
 	if (!schedule_hrtimeout(timeout, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS))
 		ret = -ETIME;
-	current->in_iowait = io_wait;
+	current->in_iowait = 0;
 	return ret;
 }