diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 0fcd065baa76..96598b6fbc81 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -5861,15 +5861,15 @@ static void io_req_drop_files(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->inflight_lock, flags);
-	list_del(&req->inflight_entry);
-	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->inflight_wait))
-		wake_up(&ctx->inflight_wait);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->inflight_lock, flags);
-	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
 	put_files_struct(req->work.identity->files);
 	put_nsproxy(req->work.identity->nsproxy);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->inflight_lock, flags);
+	list_del(&req->inflight_entry);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->inflight_lock, flags);
+	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
 	req->work.flags &= ~IO_WQ_WORK_FILES;
+	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->inflight_wait))
+		wake_up(&ctx->inflight_wait);
 }
 
 static void __io_clean_op(struct io_kiocb *req)