diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index b43467b3a8dc..de650df9ac53 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1672,11 +1672,17 @@ static void io_iopoll_reap_events(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 }
 
-static int __io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned *nr_events,
-			    long min)
+static int io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned *nr_events,
+			   long min)
 {
 	int iters = 0, ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * We disallow the app entering submit/complete with polling, but we
+	 * still need to lock the ring to prevent racing with polled issue
+	 * that got punted to a workqueue.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	do {
 		int tmin = 0;
 
@@ -1712,21 +1718,6 @@ static int __io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned *nr_events,
 		ret = 0;
 	} while (min && !*nr_events && !need_resched());
 
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned *nr_events,
-			   long min)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * We disallow the app entering submit/complete with polling, but we
-	 * still need to lock the ring to prevent racing with polled issue
-	 * that got punted to a workqueue.
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
-	ret = __io_iopoll_check(ctx, nr_events, min);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -5118,7 +5109,7 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data)
 				 */
 				mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 				if (!list_empty(&ctx->poll_list))
-					__io_iopoll_check(ctx, &nr_events, 0);
+					io_iopoll_getevents(ctx, &nr_events, 0);
 				else
 					inflight = 0;
 				mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);