diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index bb47cc4da713..6223472095d2 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,11 @@ int io_do_iopoll(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool force_nonspin)
 			continue;
 
 		req->cqe.flags = io_put_kbuf(req, 0);
-		__io_fill_cqe_req(req->ctx, req);
+		if (unlikely(!__io_fill_cqe_req(ctx, req))) {
+			spin_lock(&ctx->completion_lock);
+			io_req_cqe_overflow(req);
+			spin_unlock(&ctx->completion_lock);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!nr_events))