diff --git a/io_uring/timeout.c b/io_uring/timeout.c
index 4c6a5666541c..b0cf05ebcbcc 100644
--- a/io_uring/timeout.c
+++ b/io_uring/timeout.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ int io_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		goto add;
 	}
 
-	tail = ctx->cached_cq_tail - atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts);
+	tail = data_race(ctx->cached_cq_tail) - atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts);
 	timeout->target_seq = tail + off;
 
 	/* Update the last seq here in case io_flush_timeouts() hasn't.