diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index 4788073ec45d..869e1d2a4413 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -993,8 +993,9 @@ int io_poll_remove(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	struct io_hash_bucket *bucket;
 	struct io_kiocb *preq;
 	int ret2, ret = 0;
-	bool locked;
+	bool locked = true;
 
+	io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, issue_flags);
 	preq = io_poll_find(ctx, true, &cd, &ctx->cancel_table, &bucket);
 	ret2 = io_poll_disarm(preq);
 	if (bucket)
@@ -1006,12 +1007,10 @@ int io_poll_remove(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, issue_flags);
 	preq = io_poll_find(ctx, true, &cd, &ctx->cancel_table_locked, &bucket);
 	ret2 = io_poll_disarm(preq);
 	if (bucket)
 		spin_unlock(&bucket->lock);
-	io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, issue_flags);
 	if (ret2) {
 		ret = ret2;
 		goto out;
@@ -1035,7 +1034,7 @@ int io_poll_remove(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		if (poll_update->update_user_data)
 			preq->cqe.user_data = poll_update->new_user_data;
 
-		ret2 = io_poll_add(preq, issue_flags);
+		ret2 = io_poll_add(preq, issue_flags & ~IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED);
 		/* successfully updated, don't complete poll request */
 		if (!ret2 || ret2 == -EIOCBQUEUED)
 			goto out;
@@ -1043,9 +1042,9 @@ int io_poll_remove(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 	req_set_fail(preq);
 	io_req_set_res(preq, -ECANCELED, 0);
-	locked = !(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED);
 	io_req_task_complete(preq, &locked);
 out:
+	io_ring_submit_unlock(ctx, issue_flags);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		req_set_fail(req);
 		return ret;