diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 11dcad170594..c2fdde6fdda3 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -5512,7 +5512,8 @@ static int io_poll_check_events(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		 * Release all references, retry if someone tried to restart
 		 * task_work while we were executing it.
 		 */
-	} while (atomic_sub_return(v & IO_POLL_REF_MASK, &req->poll_refs));
+	} while (atomic_sub_return(v & IO_POLL_REF_MASK, &req->poll_refs) &
+					IO_POLL_REF_MASK);
 
 	return 1;
 }