diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 620a11f9795a..9f65ec8a78fe 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -5347,8 +5347,6 @@ static int io_poll_add_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (sqe->addr || sqe->ioprio || sqe->off || sqe->len || sqe->buf_index)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!poll->file)
-		return -EBADF;
 
 	events = READ_ONCE(sqe->poll32_events);
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN