diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 7c98a820c8dd..e4de493bcff4 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -7531,7 +7531,9 @@ static const struct io_uring_sqe *io_get_sqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 		return &ctx->sq_sqes[head];
 
 	/* drop invalid entries */
+	spin_lock(&ctx->completion_lock);
 	ctx->cq_extra--;
+	spin_unlock(&ctx->completion_lock);
 	WRITE_ONCE(ctx->rings->sq_dropped,
 		   READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->sq_dropped) + 1);
 	return NULL;