diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 8bb17b6d4de3..3d5fc76b92d0 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ append:
 static void io_wqe_enqueue(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_wq_work *work)
 {
 	struct io_wqe_acct *acct = io_work_get_acct(wqe, work);
-	int work_flags;
+	bool do_wake;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
@@ -909,14 +909,14 @@ static void io_wqe_enqueue(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_wq_work *work)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	work_flags = work->flags;
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&wqe->lock, flags);
 	io_wqe_insert_work(wqe, work);
 	wqe->flags &= ~IO_WQE_FLAG_STALLED;
+	do_wake = (work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CONCURRENT) ||
+			!atomic_read(&acct->nr_running);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wqe->lock, flags);
 
-	if ((work_flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CONCURRENT) ||
-	    !atomic_read(&acct->nr_running))
+	if (do_wake)
 		io_wqe_wake_worker(wqe, acct);
 }